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Contents
Preface, xvii
Acknowledgments, xix
Authors, xxi
Part I Fundamentals of Measurement and Experimentation
ChaPter 1 ◾ Measurement: What Is It and Why Do It? 3
1.1 MEASUREMENT IN EVERYDAY LIFE 4
1.1.1 What Is Measurement? 4
1.1.2 “What Is Not Measurable Make Measurable” 7
1.2 MEASUREMENT IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 11
1.2.1 Neglect of Measurement in Soware Engineering 12
1.2.2 Objectives for Soware Measurement 14
1.2.2.1 Managers 14
1.2.2.2 Developers 15
1.2.3 Measurement for Understanding, Control, and
Improvement 16
1.3 SCOPE OF SOFTWARE METRICS 17
1.3.1 Cost and Eort Estimation 18
1.3.2 Data Collection 18
1.3.3 Quality Models and ...