From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d238a02f40fbca,start X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,d238a02f40fbca,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d238a02f40fbca,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,d238a02f40fbca,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d238a02f40fbca,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-06 12:04:10 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!darwin.sura.net!source.asset.com!source.asset.com!not-for-mail From: info@source.asset.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Software Measurement Guidebook, Version 2.0 Date: 6 Dec 1994 14:32:19 -0500 Organization: Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology Message-ID: <3c2e83$1dut@source.asset.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 530tr0 Keywords: measurement,software,SEI,CMM,metrics,quality Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8352 comp.sw.components:147 comp.software-eng:10239 comp.lang.c:33582 comp.lang.c++:39863 Date: 1994-12-06T14:32:19-05:00 List-Id: Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology, ASSET, is a United States Department of Defense project to promote the reuse of computer software and software-related products. ASSET maintains a reuse library based in Morgantown West Virginia. We offer free access to a variety of software artifacts, which include source code and reuse oriented documents. More information about ASSET, acquiring an account, and a hyper-text catalog of our holdings can be found at the URL "http://source.asset.com/". The following is the abstract of a sample asset: 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. ASSET services are available free to all software practitioners. ASSET computer access is available through modems or via Internet. To use ASSET and extract components, a user account is required at no charge. For applications or for more information, contact our business office at (304)-594-3954, e-mail at info@source.asset.com, or write to: ASSET, 2611 Cranberry Square, Morgantown, WV 26505.