Defining and Understanding Software Measurement Data

Abstract

For managers to effectively manage and control software development projects, they need to incorporate a measurement process into their decision making and reporting process. Measurement costs money, but it can also save money through early problem detection and objective clarification of critical software development issues. The following describes a measurement process and provides some basic concepts that managers can use to help integrate measurement into the process for managing software development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA631359

Entities

People

  • James A. Rozum

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Configuration Management
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Indicators
  • Language
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Production Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • System Software

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design