Software Metrics: Best Practices for Successful IT Management


Software Metrics: Best Practices for Successful IT Management
by Paul Goodman ISBN:1931332266
Rothstein Associates 2004 (264 pages)

This unique book gives the technical, subject background necessary to make Software Metrics work, and presents a full lifecycle for measurement program development and implementation.

Table of Contents
Software Metrics—Best Practices for Successful IT Management
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1 - Introducing Software Metrics
Chapter 1 - Software Metrics: What and Why?
Chapter 2 - An Overview of Function Point Analysis
Chapter 3 - Software Metrics: Management Information
Chapter 4 - Cost Estimation
Chapter 5 - Applied Design Metrics
Chapter 6 - Project Control
Section 2 - Building and Implementing a Software Metrics Program
Chapter 7 - A Lifecycle for Metrication
Chapter 8 - Stage 1 - Initiation
Chapter 9 - Stage 2: Requirements Definition
Chapter 10 - Stage 3: Component Design
Chapter 11 - Stage 4: Component Build
Chapter 12 - Stage 5: Implementation
Chapter 13 - Section 2: A Summary
Chapter 14 - Alternative Approaches to Metrication
Section 3 - General Discussion
Chapter 15 - The Home Stretch
Chapter 16 - Closing Thoughts
Appendix A - Useful Organizations
References
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars


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