Software Measurement Guidebook, Version 2.0

Software Measurement Guidebook, Version 2.0

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ABSTRACT_779: Software Measurement Guidebook, Version 2.0
     The Software Measurement Guidebook, Version 2.0, provides practical 
guidance for the quantitative management of a software development project. 
It describes how to use measurement methods in setting quantifiable goals for 
a software project, in selecting metrics to support those goals, and in 
managing to meet those goals. It presents methods for estimating software size,
cost, and development schedule. It provides tracking and monitoring methods to 
evaluate status and earned value for ongoing development projects and to help 
ensure that the software projects proceed as planned and that any deviations 
from the plan are detected and quickly corrected. It also presents methods to 
estimate the costs of support to software development.
     This guidebook describes the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) process 
maturity model and the role of software metrics in raising the capability 
maturity level of a software development organization. It relates metrics to 
various levels of the capability maturity model (CMM). It also presents the 
activities included in a software measurement function at various levels of 
process maturity. It describes various ways in which a measurement functional 
capability can be structured to support the operation of a software 
organization. The guidebook provides guidance in collection and validation of 
metrics data and in feeding back experience data to support the improvement of 
both process and future products. Also presented is a description of the 
impact of code reuse on software cost, schedule, and quality. The guidebook 
presents measures of software quality and describes models for estimating and 
predicting software defects. It describes an approach to software statistical 
quality control, a part of statistical process control, and relates it to 
measures needed at higher levels of software process maturity.
     A major focus of this guidebook is to provide practical information on 
using software metrics to organizations that develop or maintain software for 
the United States Federal Government.


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