Fenton, Norman E.,

Software metrics : a rigorous and practical approach / Norman Fenton, Queen Mary University of London, UK, James Bieman, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. - 3rd ed - Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francie Group, 2014 - xxi, 595 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Chapman & Hall/CRC innovations in software engineering and software development .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-576) and index.

"This book provides an up-to-date and rigorous framework for controlling, managing, and predicting software development processes. Emphasizing real-world applications, the authors apply basic ideas in measurement theory to quantify software development resources, processes, and products. The text offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to software metrics. It features extensive case studies in addition to worked examples and exercises. This new edition covers current research and practical applications of cost estimation methods in practice"--

9781439838228 (hardback)

2014028018


Software measurement.
Computer software--Evaluation.
COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General.
MATHEMATICS / General.

QA76.758 / .F46 2015

005.302