24.5 Software measurement
Software measurement is concerned with quantifying some attribute of a software system such as its complexity or its reliability. By comparing the measured values to each other and to the standards that apply across an organization, you may be able to draw conclusions about the quality of software or assess the effectiveness of software processes, tools, and methods. In an ideal world, quality management could rely on measurements of attributes that affect the software quality. You could then objectively assess process and tool changes that aim to improve software quality.
For example, say you work in a company that plans to introduce a new software-testing tool. Before introducing the tool, you record the number of ...
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