
Software Metrics Data Collection ◾ 213
(http:/ / www. isbsg. org) includes repositories of soware development data
from thousands of soware projects. us it is a great source for industry
soware project data, and has links to several data collection and analysis
tools. ese tools focus on project size and cost estimation. Of particular
interest are the ISBSG guidelines on what data the group nds to be most
eective for improving soware processes. ISBSG data are available for
both academic and commercial use.
5.4 RELIABILITY OF DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES
For data collection to be reliable and predictable, it needs to be automated.