Measurement in Practice

Abstract

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Process Program encourages the use of measurement to aid the management of software development and maintenance. As part of our encouragement, we seek to expose software practitioners and managers to the greatest benefits and best operation of measurement programs. Measurement is critical to the software process maturity framework promulgated by the SEI, and this relationship provided additional impetus to collect excellent measurement practices. A few organizations have reputations for implementing excellent software measurement practices. A sample of these organizations was surveyed in site visits. Clear patterns of practices emerged and they are reported at a consolidated, lessons learned level and in more detailed case studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241781

Entities

People

  • C. E. Cox
  • Stan Rifkin

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Metrics
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Software Engineering.