Best Practices in Software Measurement How to use metrics to improve project and process performance /

Not everything that counts can be counted. Not everything that is counted counts. Albert Einstein This is a book about software measurement from the practitioner’s point of view and it is a book for practitioners. Software measurement needs a lot of practical guidance to build upon experiences and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ebert, Christof (Author), Bundschuh, Manfred (Author), Dumke, Reiner (Author), Schmietendorf, Andreas (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Making Metrics a Success — The Business Perspective
  • Planning the Measurement Process
  • Performing the Measurement Process
  • Introducing a Measurement Program
  • Measurement Infrastructures
  • Size and Effort Estimation
  • Project Control
  • Defect Detection and Quality Improvement
  • Software Process Improvement
  • Software Performance Engineering
  • Service Level Management
  • Case Study: Building an Intranet Measurement Application
  • Case Study: Measurements in IT Projects
  • Case Study: Metrics in Maintenance
  • Metrics Communities and Resources.