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What is your ratio Bug fixing vs Enhancements? [closed]

In the spirit of this question I wanted to have a sense of what is the proportion of time split between fixing bugs and implementing new features. If possible try to give an estimate for the product as a whole as opposed to individual developer stats and try to make an average over the course of a typical year. Do provide a general descriptive of the product/project to allow comparison. Specifically :

  • Maturity of project
  • Is it still actively developed or strictly in maintenance ?
  • Size estimate of the product/project
  • Size of team developing it (all inclusive)
  • What is your team score on the Joel test.

Ex :

  • approx 80% time spent bug fixes 20% new stuff
  • Mature software (20 years old)
  • Actively developed
  • 1.5M Line of Text, approx 700k - 900k LOC
  • 12-15 actively coding in it.
  • we got 5/12 for sure, some would say 7/12.
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Newtopian Avatar asked Mar 01 '10 08:03

Newtopian


1 Answers

I would estimate: New features 70%, Bugs 10%, Technical debt (refactoring etc.) 20%

  • Maturity: 2 years
  • Actively developed
  • Team size: 8
  • LOC: 50k-100k
  • Joel Test: 9/12

You didn't ask for technology stack but if you are interested it's Ruby on Rails

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AaronThomson Avatar answered Jan 03 '23 00:01

AaronThomson