Getting what you measure

Software metrics - helpful tools or a waste of time? For every developer who treasures these mathematical abstractions of software systems there is a developer who thinks software metrics are invented just to keep project managers busy. Software metrics ...

The program complexity measure currently seems to be the most capable measure for both quantitative and objective control of the software project. Five program complexity measures (step count, McCabe's V(G), Halstead's E, Weighted Statement Count and ...

Several techniques have been developed to identify and fix defects in software before its deployment. However, the challenge is to quantify how well these techniques prevent defects from occurring in the field from a holistic perspective. Therefore, we ...