About Us

ISBSG Ltd (www.isbsg.org) manages two international, public repositories of software engineering history data and is considered the global and independent source of data and analysis for the software industry. Using ISBSG repository data and services, organisations can improve estimation, benchmarking, project management, infrastructure planning, bid planning, outsource management, standards compliance and budget support. Established in 1997, the ISBSG is a Melbourne-based, not-for-profit organisation that is recognised and accepted as a completely trustworthy and independent custodian of software history data. That trust is reflected in the growth of its data repositories, the largest of these carrying history data from nearly 6,000 software development projects. Organisations are willing to submit their data for inclusion in the ISBSG Repository safe in the knowledge that security and anonymity is guaranteed. The ISBSG enjoys international status and recognition, with corporate subscribers to the ISBSG data and products including significant corporations like: IBM, Infosys, Satyam, Intel, Tata, Shell and Bank of Montreal.