Topic: Estimating bug fixing productivity

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   Hi,
Bugs are
inevitable. While planning or estimating it's difficult to predict the
number of bugs. Can I estimate how much time on an average a developer
would take to fix a defect? Are there any industry figures available
for the same? Knowing the Bug fixing effort will help me to plan buffer
time accordingly or compare X project's bug fix rate with some
benchmark value.

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Anshula Newbie Joined: 27Apr2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Topic: Estimating bug fixing productivity Posted: 27Apr2007 at 1:41am
	Hi, Bugs are inevitable. While planning or estimating it's difficult to predict the number of bugs. Can I estimate how much time on an average a developer would take to fix a defect? Are there any industry figures available for the same? Knowing the Bug fixing effort will help me to plan buffer time accordingly or compare X project's bug fix rate with some benchmark value. Post Resume: Click here to Upload your Resume & Apply for Jobs

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Mandodari Newbie Joined: 27Apr2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 27Apr2007 at 4:13am
	You can develop estimates by doing an analysis on previous projects. IMO a better way is to get SLA (service level agreements) set for the project for defect resolution, it is usually best to do this using different time frames for the Severity. If you do this without an SLA you take the risk of alienating developers and it may look like you are gathering and publishing information to make the developers on your team look bad.
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