CS 537: Software Metrics

Objectives

Students will:

• Understand the theoretical aspects of software measurements.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of software metrics.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of using software metrics in software development, software maintenance, and software project management.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of statistical analysis in software measurement.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of developing and calibrating predication systems.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of developing and maintaining a measurement program.

Prerequisites

CS 487.

Syllabus

• Theoretical foundations for software metrics.
• Introduction to the measurement theory.
• The representational theory of measurement. Empirical and numerical systems. Representation condition.
• Measurement scales. Meaningfulness in measurement. Operations on measures.
• Data collection and analysis.
• Statistical analysis and tools.
• The Goal-Question-Metric based framework for software measurement.
• Classification of software measures.
• Specification measures.
• Design measures.
• Complexity measures.
• Code related measures.
• Software testing measures.
• Software reliability measures and models.
• Measuring the software development and maintenance processes.
• Experimental design and analysis.
• Software metrics validation.
• Predication systems. Calibration and validation of predication systems.
• Setting up a measurement program.
• Application of software metrics.

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