Pdf software metrics and risk norman fenton academia. In this article, i will explain you several software testing metrics and kpis and why we need them and how should we use them. It is worthwhile to establish a fundamental framework and a set of basic principles for the measurement of technical metrics for software. Software metrics massachusetts institute of technology. Get hooked up without getting tangled up in cords, wires, cables or techno mumbo.
Software metrics a rigorous and practical approach pdf. In software development, measurements are conducted by using. Fenton, shari lawrence pfleeger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. With an emphasis on realworld applications, fenton and pfleeger apply basic ideas in measurement theory to quantify software development resources, processes, and products. With wireless home networking for dummies, you can go wireless without going mad.
A rigorous and practical approach, third editionoctober 2014. It includes a discussion of process maturity and measurement, goalquestionmetric, metrics plans, experimentation, empirical studies, objectoriented metrics and metrics tools. Software metrics and measurements semantic scholar. In this paper, software metrics related to complexity are developed and evaluated. The book has been comprehensively rewritten and redesigned to take account of the fast changing developments in software metrics, most notably their widespread penetration into industrial practice. History of software metrics as a subject area to assess the current status of software metrics, and its successes and failures, we need to consider first its history. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Fenton and shari law rence pfleeger, international thomson computer. Evaluation, computer software, software measurement.
Software metrics by pfleeger, shari lawrence, fenton, norman e. Software metrics are proposed to help show indications for quality, size, complexity, etc. Fenton ne and neil m, a critique of software defect prediction models, ieee transactions on software engineering, 255, 675689, 1999. The book is one of the most cited in software engineering 5040 citations. A rigorous and practical approach, third edition chapman hallcrc innovations in software engineering and software development. The second edition of software metrics provides an uptodate, coherent, and rigorous framework for controlling, managing, and predicting software development processes. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading software metrics. A rigorous and practical approach, revised by norman e. In addition to his research on risk assessment, fenton is renowned for his work in software engineering including pioneering work on software metrics. It shows you how to plan, install, secure, and use a wireless home network for pcs or macs. Thus there are now extensive case studies, worked examples, and exercises. Software metrics a rigorous and practical approach, third edition 3rd edition by norman fenton and publisher routledge.
Software metrics as a subject area is over 30 years old, but it has barely penetrated into mainstream software engineering. Using this framework, the text demonstrates and analyzes a range of software metrics and models. This book is the second edition of the highly successful software metrics. Norman fenton, phd, is a professor of risk information management at queen mary london university and the chief executive officer of agena, a company that specializes in risk management for critical systems. Fenton ne and neil m, software metrics and risk, proc 2nd european software measurement conference fesma99, tikviv, amsterdam,isbn 907601907x, 3955, 1999. In software development, measurements are conducted by using metrics. Although the first dedicated book on software metrics was not published until 1976 gilb 1976, the history of active software metrics dates back to the late1960s. Software metrics proceedings of the conference on the. A key reason for this is that most software metrics activities have not addressed their most important requirement. Centre for software reliability, city university, northampton square. A framework for managing, measuring, and predicting attributes of software development products and processes reflecting the immense progress in the development and use of software metrics in the past decades, software metrics. Featured image all images latest this just in flickr commons occupy wall street flickr cover art usgs maps. As a consequence, using metrics that are inadequately validated, insufficiently understood and not tightly tied to the attributes they are intended to measure induce distortions and dysfunctions. Software metrics a rigorous and practical approach pdf software metrics.
A framework for managing, measuring, and predicting attributes of software development products and processes. Hallcrc innovations in software engineering and software development series kindle edition by norman fenton, james bieman. He shows how to develop and implement data collections and metrics strategies and how to set up experiments to validate metrics and models. He is renowned for his work in software engineering and software metrics.
Norman fenton, phd, is a professor of risk information management at queen mary london university and the chief executive officer of agena, a company that. Work on theoretical underpinnings of software metrics. For example, there has been considerable work in establishing a measurement theory basis for software metrics activities. A framework for managing, measuring, and predicting attributes of software development products and processesreflecting the immense progress in the development and use of software metrics in the past decades, software metrics. Software engineeringframework of technical software metrics. In this volume, the authors aim is to provide a framework for software metrics with. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. A rigorous and practical approach, third edition provides an uptodate, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to software metrics. His current projects focus on using bayesian methods of analysis to risk assessment.
A rigorous and practical approach was published in november 2014. A rigorous and practical approach, third edition 3rd ed. The author explains the pitfalls associated with software measurement and indicates how these may be avoided. Good support for decisionmaking implies support for risk assessment and reduction. Fenton n and neil m software metrics proceedings of the conference on the future of software engineering, 357370 drappa a and ludewig j simulation in software engineering training proceedings of the 22nd international conference on software engineering, 199208. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Also, i will use several quotes from various books and articles. Reflecting the immense progress in the development and use of software metrics in the past decades, software metrics. This article based on my experiences and understanding. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. James bieman this book provides an uptodate and rigorous framework for controlling, managing, and predicting software development processes. We can accurately measure some property of software or process. No way to measure property directly or final product does not yet exist for predicting, need a model of relationship of predicted variable with other measurable variables. Software metrics by norman fenton, 9781439838228, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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