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1 1 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Chapter 4 Software Process and Project Metrics

2 2 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Measurement & Metrics... collecting metrics is too hard... it's too time-consuming... it's too political... it won't prove anything... Anything that you need to quantify can be measured in some way that is superior to not measuring it at all.. Tom Gilb

3 3 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Why do we Measure?  To characterize  To evaluate  To predict  To improve

4 4 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Metrics Guidelines  Use common sense and organizational sensitivity when interpreting metrics data.  Provide regular feedback to the individuals and teams who have worked to collect measures and metrics.  Don’t use metrics to appraise individuals.  Work with practitioners and teams to set clear goals and metrics that will be used to achieve them.  Never use metrics to threaten individuals or teams.  Metrics data that indicate a problem area should not be considered “negative.” These data are merely an indicator for process improvement.  Don’t obsess on a single metric to the exclusion of other important metrics.

5 5 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Product Metrics  focus on the quality of deliverables  measures of analysis model  complexity of the design  internal algorithmic complexity  architectural complexity  data flow complexity  code measures (e.g., Halstead)  measures of process effectiveness  e.g., defect removal efficiency

6 6 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Process Metrics - strategic  majority focus on quality achieved as a consequence of a repeatable or managed process  statistical SQA data  error categorization & analysis  defect removal efficiency  propagation from phase to phase  reuse data

7 7 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Project Metrics - tactical  Effort/time per SE task  Errors uncovered per review hour  Scheduled vs. actual milestone dates  Changes (number) and their characteristics  Distribution of effort on SE tasks

8 8 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Normalization for Metrics

9 9 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Typical Size-Oriented Metrics  errors per KLOC (thousand lines of code)  defects per KLOC  $ per LOC  page of documentation per KLOC  errors / person-month  LOC per person-month  $ / page of documentation

10 10 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Typical Function-Oriented Metrics  errors per FP (thousand lines of code)  defects per FP  $ per FP  pages of documentation per FP  FP per person-month

11 11 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Computing Function Points

12 12 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Analyzing the Information Domain

13 13 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Taking Complexity into Account

14 14 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001

15 15 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Why Opt for FP Measures?

16 16 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Measuring Quality  Correctness — the degree to which a program operates according to specification  Maintainability—the degree to which a program is amenable to change  Integrity—the degree to which a program is impervious to outside attack  Usability—the degree to which a program is easy to use

17 17 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Defect Removal Efficiency DRE = (errors) / (errors + defects) where errors = problems found before release defects = problems found after release

18 18 These courseware materials are to be used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 5/e and are provided with permission by R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., copyright © 1996, 2001 Managing Variation The mR Control Chart


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