Software Metrics (2nd Edition) (2nd Edition)

Author: Fenton
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book features: a rigorous and scientific method for software measurement—allowing readers not only to easily understand pre-measurement tools and techniques but also to learn a wealth of software engineering methods and tools. Provides new material on the following topics: process maturity and measurement, goal-problem-measurement, measurement program planning, measurement practices, experiments, empirical research, ISO9126 and measurement tools. Offers numerous examples and case studies, as well as corresponding exercises at the end of each chapter. Currently a Professor of Computational Science at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. From 1989 to 2000, he was a Professor of Computational Science at the Software Reliability Center of City University, UK. Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, a senior consultant in software engineering and technology transfer. Currently a senior researcher at PAND Corp., RAND, a non-profit organization dedicated to research on public interest. From 1982 to 2003, she was the president of System/SW Consulting in the U.S.