• DocumentCode
    985394
  • Title

    Software Metrics: Progress after 25 Years?

  • Author

    Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence

  • Author_Institution
    RAND Corporation
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    34
  • Abstract
    This article traces the increasing sophistication and use of software measurement over the past 25 years. It highlights four obstacles to more effective use of measurement: dealing with uncertainty, anticipating change, measuring "soft" characteristics, and developing heuristics.
  • Keywords
    Area measurement; Bicycles; Books; Capability maturity model; Pressing; Process planning; Software measurement; Software metrics; Software quality; Solids; heuristics; process; software measurement; uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2008.160
  • Filename
    4670710
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=985394