Title :
Implementing effective software metrics programs
Author :
Hall, Tracy ; Fenton, Norman
Author_Institution :
Software Eng., Westminster Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
Increasingly organisations are foregoing an ad hoc approach to metrics in favor of complete metrics programs. The authors identify consensus requirements for metric program success and examine how programs in two organisations measured up
Keywords :
business data processing; software development management; software metrics; Capability Maturity Model; ad hoc approach; consensus requirements; organisations; software metrics program implementation; Books; Capability maturity model; Decision making; Feedback; Monitoring; Programming; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software metrics; Statistical analysis;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE