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Chapter 9
Measuring Internal
Product Attributes
Structure
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can be useful in many ways: as
input to prediction models, as a normalizing factor, as a way to
express progress during development, and more. But there are other useful
internal product attributes. ere is clearly a link between the structure of
soware products and their quality. e structure of requirements, design,
and code can help us to understand the diculty we sometimes have in con-
verting one product into another (as, e.g., implementing a design as code),
in testing a product (as, e.g., in testing code or validating requirements),
or in predict ...