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Software Metrics, 3rd Edition
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Software Metrics, 3rd Edition

by Norman Fenton, James Bieman
October 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
617 pages
19h 10m
English
CRC Press
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Measuring External Product Attributes 451
PHP 5.3 (538 KLOC), and PostreSQL 9.1 (1106 KLOC). Figure 10.5 shows
how the defect density can vary (Coverity 2011). Note that the defect densities
reported by Coverity in these three open source systems are approximately
100 times lower than defect densities reported in commercial systems 25
years ago (Grady and Caswell 1987).
Defect density is certainly an acceptable measure to apply to your proj-
ects, and it provides useful information. However, the limitations of this
metric were made very clear in prior chapters. Before using it, either for
your own internal quality assurance purposes or ...
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ISBN: 9781439838228