Title :
Measuring reuse: a cautionary tale
Author :
Lawrence Pfleeger, S.
Author_Institution :
Syst./Software, Washington, DC
fDate :
7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Many organizations look to reuse for large improvements in quality and productivity, but measuring reuse is difficult, to be attempted only after careful analysis of measurement and management goals. This article describes how to measure reuse and provides warnings on how some numbers can be misleading
Keywords :
human resource management; software management; software metrics; software quality; software reusability; management goals; measurement goals; misleading numbers; productivity improvements; quality improvements; software reuse measurement; Automatic testing; Companies; Financial management; Government; Helium; Information technology; Programming; Software measurement; Standards organizations; Terminology;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
