beschreibt wesentliche Grund prinzipien fur die effektive Anwendung von Softwaremetriken unter dem Hintergrund eigener reichhaltiger Erfahrungen bei der Konzeption und VI Anwendung umfangreicher " Metrikenprogramme" fur verschiedene Fir men."

Software developers are faced with the challenge of making software systems and products of ever greater quality and safety, while at the same time being faced with the growing pressure of costs reduction in order to gain and maintain competitive advantages. As in any scientific and engineering discipline, reliable measurement is essential for talking on such a challenge. "Software measurement is an excellent abstraction mechanism for learning what works and what doesn't" (Victor Basili). Measurement of both software process and products provides a large amount of basic information for the...