Chapter 1 Software Measurement
A New Order
In the last ten years the software industry has witnessed great growth. The discipline, called software management, has experienced several innovations. Foremost among these seems to be the rediscovery of management science. There is a new emphasis on measurements, denoting a drive for precision in decision making. Empowered by measurements, the modern decision maker is able to free himself from the clutches of prejudice to observe reality.
Fresh learning from process measurement has now tempered the established theories and practices; a new order has emerged.
In this new order, projects are now managed quantitatively with numbers. Intuition is enriched with empiricism, ushering in a new culture of ...
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