Measuring Reuse: A Cautionary Tale

  • Authors:
  • Shari Lawrence Pfleeger

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

Many organizations look to reuse for large improvements in quality and productivity. But measuring reuse is difficult, to be attempted only after careful analysis of measurement and management goals. This article describes how to measure reuse and provides warnings on how some numbers can be misleading.