THE
SOFTWARE METRICS COMPENDIUM
The Software Metrics Compendium presents
statistical analyses of 1,238 projects from the ISBSG Repository,
with minimal interpretation. It is ideal for experienced project
managers, software developers, metrics consultants (internal
and external), software metrics practitioners, CIOs or academics.
The Compendium can be used for benchmarking, software environment
planning references, and for software project estimation. The
Compendium contains:
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A breakdown of the functional components
of the projects in the Repository, |
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A breakdown of project effort by phase, |
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Tables showing analysis of Project Deliver
Rates by project attributes, (e.g. development environment,
platform, language, CASE tools, methodologies), |
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A detailed analysis of the characteristics
of development environment, (i.e. Mainframe, Midrange
and PC), |
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An analysis of defect occurrence and severity, |
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An analysis of project duration in relation
to project size and effort, |
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An analysis of team sizes, |
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Regression analyses providing regression
equations for Project Delivery Rate, Project Work Effort,
Project Duration and Speed of Delivery, and |
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A detailed breakdown of the contents of
Release 7 of the Repository. |
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