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What We Have Learned
Overview In all the changes in the software field in the last quarter century, one solid element has been the SEI core metrics: functionality (usually expressed as a measure of size), schedule time, effort (convertible to cost), and defect rate. From these four metrics, we derive a fifth, productivity. These five are related to each other. From these relationships, we derive a number of lessons, which it is the business of this article to identify. What have we learned about the application of metrics to software development in the last quarter of a century--a long stretch by the standards of the software profession? For one thing, we could not help noticing that an almost endless string of fads has come--and in a little while, gone.
| Publisher | QSM - Quantitative Software Management | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | July 2000 | Downloads | 2 |
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