Techniques or methods that apply software measures to software engineering objects to achieve predefined goals. A measure is a mapping from a set of software engineering objects to a set of mathematical objects. Measurement goals vary with the software engineering object being measured, the purpose of measurement, who is interested in these measurements, which properties are being measured, and the environment in which measurement is being performed. Examples of measures include software size, Halstead's software science measures, and McCabe's cyclomatic complexity. Associated models include sizing models, cost models, and software reliability models.
Earned Value (9)
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- Earned Value is a management technique used extensively in the management of Software Intensive Systems that relates resource planning to schedules and to technical cost and schedule requirements. All work is planned, budgeted, and scheduled in time-phased increments constituting a cost and schedule measurement baseline. See the DACS Gold Practice "http://www.goldpractices.com/practices/tev/index.php" Track Earned Value.
Measurement - General (12)
- General information about the area of software measurement
Practical Software and Systems Measurement (PSM) (7)
- PSM is an information-driven measurement methodology, sponsored by the Department of Defense and the US Army. The guidance in PSM represents the best practices used by measurement professionals within the software and system acquisition and engineering communities.
Software Size Estimation and Measurement (3)
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- This category includes tools and methods for estimating and measuring software size, including function points, lines of code, and object points. Because of the large amount of resources for function points, they compose a separate topic area within software size estimation and measurement. The other topic area, Software Sizing - General, contains information not unique to function points and either addresses other sizing methods, such as lines of code or object points, or general information about multiple sizing methods including function points.
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