Determinants of Success in Software Measurement Programs: Initial Results

  • Authors:
  • Dennis R. Goldenson;Anandasivam Gopal;Tridas Mukhopadhyay

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • METRICS '99 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Software Metrics
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

While a great deal is known about technical issues of data gathering and applied statistics, less is known about what it takes to implement a successful software measurement program. Indeed a good deal of anecdotal evidence suggests that such efforts often fail. In this paper we report the initial results from a large scale survey of practitioners and users of software measurement programs. A preliminary multivariate analysis examines differences in the use of software measurement results in organizational decision making. Three variables account for two thirds of the observed variance.