Software Metrics: Establishing a Company-wide ProgramMeasuring the beginning; A process focus; The strategy; Initial data and research; Establishing standards; The selling of metrics; The human element; The need for tools; Some early success stories; A company-wide database; Reflections on the meaningfulness of data; Graphs for top-level management; A training program; The care and feeding of a metrics; Twenty-twenty hindsight; A detailed software development process description; The new role of the software project manager; The final conclusion; Appendices; Index. |
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A PROCESS FOCUS | 8 |
A COMPANYWIDE DATABASE | 10 |
THE STRATEGY | 16 |
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accurate activities analysis Applicable Applications software automated average Boehm calendar chapter chart COCOMO compiler directives complexity Computer Conference on Software cost counted data collection database defect density defects found Defects/KNCSS defined definitions division documentation effort engineering months environment estimates example factors Figure reference firmware FURPS Gerald Weinberg graphs Hewlett-Packard HP Software Metrics HP's IEEE IEEE Transactions KLOC lines of code maintenance measure ment metrics collection metrics data modules Mythical Man-Month NCSS number of defects People/Time/Cost percent PERT chart phase Points to emphasize predict prerelease presented problem Proj project managers project team Purpose of slide reused code schedule shows Softcost software development process Software Engineering Economics Software Maintenance Software Metrics Council software metrics program Software Productivity Conference software project software quality Software Specifications Document specific standard tion Tom DeMarco Total track Transactions on Software Week