Implementing effective software metrics programs

IEEE Software

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Hall, Tracy ^a   Fenton, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b City University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; INSPECTION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GOAL QUESTION METRIC MODEL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METRICS PROGRAMS; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031097584     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/52.582975     Document Type: Article

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