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Chapter 3
A Goal-Based Framework
for Software Measurement
C
’ essential role in good soware
engineering practice, and Chapter 2 shows how to apply a general
theory of measurement to soware. In this chapter, we present a concep-
tual framework for diverse soware measurement activities that you can
apply to an organization’s soware development practices. ese practices
may include development and maintenance activities, plus experiments
and case studies that evaluate new techniques and tools.
e framework presented here is based on two principle activities: clas-
sifying the entities to be examined and using measu ...