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A process model for identifying and defining software measures. Software measurement is a titrate impute of a characteristic of a software product or the software process. A goalbased software measurement framework chapter 3. Chapter 3 17 march 2011 a goalbased framework for software measurement chapter 1 describes measurements essential. Identifying the level of maturity that the organization has reached. Internal attributes of an entity are those that can be measured in terms of the entity itself, i. Measuring internal product attributes, measuring external product attributes, measuring cost and effort, measuring software reliability, software test metrics, and objectoriented metrics. Victor bassili defines a topdown, goal oriented framework for software metrics. Gqmdsfms article in journal of systems and software 8612 december. Implementing a measurement framework should help align it with the business objectives and create value through continual improvements. View notes ch3 from encs 6611 at concordia university. Software measurement has become a vital process in software organizations. A goalbased framework for software measurement software. B r o o k l y n c o l l e g e department of computer and information science cis 763x software methodology.
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