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'''Programming productivity''' refers to a variety of software development issues and methodologies affecting the quantity and quality of code produced by an individual or team. Key topics in productivity discussions have included:

* Amount of code that can be created or maintained per programmer (often measured in [[source lines of code]] per day'')s

* Detecting and avoiding errors (through techniques like [[six sigma]] management, [[zero defects]] coding, and [[Total Quality Management]])

* Software cost estimation (cost being a direct consequence of productivity)

The relative importance of programming productivity has waxed and waned along with other industry factors, such as:

* The relative costs of manpower versus machine

* The size and complexity of the systems being built