Software Metrics

Download or read book Software Metrics written by Norman E. Fenton and published by Course Technology Ptr. This book was released on 1997 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION 1. Measurement: What Is It and Why Do It? 2. The Basics of Measurement 3. A Goal-Based Framework for Software Measurement 4. Empirical Investigation 5. Software Metrics Data Collection 6. Analyzing Software-Measurement Data PART II: SOFTWARE-ENGINEERING MEASUREMENT 7. Measuring Internal Product Attributes: Size 8. Measuring Internal Product Attributes: Structure 9. Measuring Internal Product Attributes 10. Software Reliability: Measurement and Prediction 11. Resource Measurement: Productivity, Teams, and Tools 12. Making Process Predictions PART III: MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT 13. Planning a Measurement Program 14. Measurement in Practice 15. Empirical Research in Software Engineering APPENDIXES: A. Solutions to Selected Exercises / B. Metric Tools / C. Acronyms and Glossary / ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX