Implementing software metrics programmes: problems and solutions

The author claims that software metrics are not a saleable commodity over time. Even if software metrics can be sold within an organisation it is not recommended that this approach be taken because of the problems associated with it. He proposes that it is feasible to develop and build a number of services based on software metrics and that these services can be integrated into a `product´ that developers and development managers will be more willing to take up than `software metrics´ per se