Software engineering metrics for COTS-based systems

Author

Sedigh-Ali, Sahra ; Ghafoor, Arif ; Paul, Raymond A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

34

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

50

Abstract

The paradigm shift to commercial off-the-shelf components appears inevitable, necessitating drastic changes to current software development and business practices. Quality and risk concerns currently limit the application of COTS based system design to noncritical applications. New approaches to quality and risk management will be needed to handle the growth of CBSs. Our metrics based approach and software engineering metrics can aid developers and managers in analyzing the return on investment in quality improvement initiatives for CBSs. These metrics also facilitate the modeling of cost and quality, although we need more complex models to capture the intricate relationships between cost and quality metrics in a CBS

Keywords

risk management; software development management; software metrics; software packages; software quality; CBS; COTS based system design; COTS-based systems; business practices; commercial off-the-shelf components; complex models; metrics based approach; noncritical applications; quality improvement initiatives; quality metrics; return on investment; risk concerns; risk management; software development; software engineering metrics; Application software; Business; Costs; Engineering management; Investments; Programming; Quality management; Risk management; Software development management; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.920611

Filename

920611