Software Metrics: Progress after 25 Years?

  • Authors:
  • Shari Lawrence Pfleeger

  • Affiliations:
  • RAND Corporation

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This article traces the increasing sophistication and use of software measurement over the past 25 years. It highlights four obstacles to more effective use of measurement: dealing with uncertainty, anticipating change, measuring "soft" characteristics, and developing heuristics.