Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Author xix
PART 1: Key Concepts for the Design of Software Measures 1
1 INTRODUCTION 3
2 FROM MEASUREMENT METHODS TO QUANTITATIVE MODELS: A MEASUREMENT CONTEXT MODEL 17
3 METROLOGY AND QUALITY CRITERIA IN SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT 47
4 QUANTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT ARE NOT THE SAME! 67
5 THE DESIGN OF SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT METHODS 99
PART 2: Some Popular Software Measures: How Good Are They? 129
6 CYCLOMATIC COMPLEXITY NUMBER: ANALYSIS OF ITS DESIGN 131
7 HALSTEAD'S METRICS: ANALYSIS OF THEIR DESIGNS 145
8 FUNCTION POINTS: ANALYSIS OF THEIR DESIGN 161
9 USE CASE POINTS: ANALYSIS OF THEIR DESIGN 191
10 ISO 9126: ANALYSIS OF QUALITY MODELS AND MEASURES 205
PART 3: The Design of COSMIC – ISO 19761 229
11 COSMIC: DESIGN OF AN INITIAL PROTOTYPE 231
12 COSMIC: SCALING UP AND INDUSTRIALIZATION 247
PART 4: Other Issues in the Design of Software Measures 267
13 CONVERTIBILITY ACROSS MEASUREMENT METHODS 269
14 DESIGN OF STANDARD ETALONS: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT 281
Appendix A: List of Acronyms 297
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms in Software Measurement 299
Appendix C: References 305
Index 313
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