Software Metrics and Software Metrology
Published on 2. July 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-0-470-59720-0 (ISBN)
Description
Most of the software measures currently proposed to the industry bring few real benefits to either software managers or developers. This book looks at the classical metrology concepts from science and engineering, using them as criteria to propose an approach to analyze the design of current software measures and then design new software measures (illustrated with the design of a software measure that has been adopted as an ISO measurement standard). The book includes several case studies analyzing strengths and weaknesses of some of the software measures most often quoted. It is meant for software quality specialists and process improvement analysts and managers.
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Product info
Paperback
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Charts: 49 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 0 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-59720-0 (9780470597200)
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Alain Abran
Software Metrics and Software Metrology
E-Book
12/2010
Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press
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ALAIN ABRAN, PhD, is a Professor and the Director of the Software Engineering Research Laboratory at École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec (Canada). Dr. Abran is a coeditor of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. He has also been actively involved in software engineering standardization as the international secretary for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 - Software and System Engineering. Dr. Abran has close to twenty years of industry experience in information systems development and software engineering.
Content
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
PART 1: Key Concepts for the Design of Software Measures.
1 INTRODUCTION.
2 FROM MEASUREMENT METHODS TO QUANTITATIVE MODELS: A MEASUREMENT CONTEXT MODEL.
3 METROLOGY AND QUALITY CRITERIA IN SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT.
4 QUANTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT ARE NOT THE SAME!
5 THE DESIGN OF SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT METHODS.
PART 2: Some Popular Software Measures: How Good Are They?
6 CYCLOMATIC COMPLEXITY NUMBER: ANALYSIS OF ITS DESIGN.
7 HALSTEAD'S METRICS: ANALYSIS OF THEIR DESIGNS.
8 FUNCTION POINTS: ANALYSIS OF THEIR DESIGN.
9 USE CASE POINTS: ANALYSIS OF THEIR DESIGN.
10 ISO 9126: ANALYSIS OF QUALITY MODELS AND MEASURES.
PART 3: The Design of COSMIC - ISO 19761.
11 COSMIC: DESIGN OF AN INITIAL PROTOTYPE.
12 COSMIC: SCALING UP AND INDUSTRIALIZATION.
PART 4: Other Issues in the Design of Software Measures.
13 CONVERTIBILITY ACROSS MEASUREMENT METHODS.
14 DESIGN OF STANDARD ETALONS: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT.
Appendix A: List of Acronyms.
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms in Software Measurement.
Appendix C: References.
Index.