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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
Content preview from Software Metrics, 3rd Edition
Measurement 13
3. We do not quantify or predict the quality of the products we pro-
duce. us, we cannot tell a potential user how reliable a product will
be in terms of likelihood of failure in a given period of use, or how
much work will be needed to port the product to a dierent machine
environment.
4. We allow anecdotal evidence to convince us to try yet another revo-
lutionary new development technology, without doing a carefully
controlled study to determine if the technology is ecient and eec-
tive. Promotional materials for soware development tools and tech-
niques typically include the following types of claims:
a. “Our new technique guarantees 100% reliability.”
b. “Our tool improves productivity by 200%!!”
c. “Build ...
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ISBN: 9781439838228