• DocumentCode
    1478205
  • Title

    Measuring reuse: a cautionary tale

  • Author

    Lawrence Pfleeger, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Syst./Software, Washington, DC
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    118
  • Lastpage
    127
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.526839
  • Filename
    526839
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1478205