Software Metrics
,Software Metrics
,Questions
• How big is the program?
– Huge!!
• How close are you to finishing?
– We are almost there!!
• Can you, as a manager, make any useful decisions
from such subjective information?
• Need information like, cost, effort, size of project.
, Metrics
• Quantifiable measures that could be used to measure
characteristics of a software system or the software
development process
• Required in all phases
• Required for effective management
• Managers need quantifiable information, and not
subjective information
– Subjective information goes against the
fundamental goal of engineering
,Software Metrics
,Questions
• How big is the program?
– Huge!!
• How close are you to finishing?
– We are almost there!!
• Can you, as a manager, make any useful decisions
from such subjective information?
• Need information like, cost, effort, size of project.
, Metrics
• Quantifiable measures that could be used to measure
characteristics of a software system or the software
development process
• Required in all phases
• Required for effective management
• Managers need quantifiable information, and not
subjective information
– Subjective information goes against the
fundamental goal of engineering
