Hello all,
I first posted this on comp.programming and comp.software-eng but that thread instantly decayed into "LOC bad!" and then into a discussion about wearing sandals, with or without socks. So I thought I'd try again in c.a.e. Anyway, here's my original question:
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A few weeks ago I ran across a link to a study about how much software (SLOC) could be produced by a team in a year. If I remember the figures right, team productivity declined after about 70,000 or 75,000 SLOC per year, with teams of 3 to 10 programmers, although larger teams
(up to 40 members IIRC) could produce up to 180,000 SLOC per year at a cost multiplier of between 1.5 (or 1.25) and 3.9. Again, all of these are barely remembered figures. Problem is, I can't remember how or where I found the study. Might have been linked in a newsgroup article, but I can't be sure.
Anyway, does this study ring a bell? I'd like to find it again, and have enough sense to bookmark it if it is as interesting as I vaguely recall that it was. Many thanks!