TY - BOOK AU - Jones, Capers TI - Guide to Selecting Software Measures and Metrics SN - 9781138033078 U1 - 005.1 PY - 2017/// CY - USA PB - CRC Press KW - Computer Engineering N1 - Preface Acknowledgements About the Author Introduction Variations in Software Activities by Type of Software Variations in Software Development Activities by Type of Software Variations in Occupation Groups, Staff Size, Team Experience Variations due to Inaccurate Software Metrics That Distort Reality Variations in Measuring Agile and CMMI Development Variations among 60 Development Methodologies Variations in Software Programming Languages Variations in Software Reuse from 0% to 90 % Variations due to Project, Phase and Activity Measurements Variations in Burden Rates or Overhead Costs Variations in Costs by Industry Variations in Costs by Occupation Group Variations in Work Habits and Unpaid Overtime Variations in Functional and Nonfunctional Requirements Variations in Software Quality Results Variations in Pattern Based Early Sizing Gaps and Errors in When Projects Start When Do They End? Gaps and Errors in Measuring Software Quality Gaps and Errors due to Multiple Metrics without Conversion Rules Gaps and Errors in Tools, Methodologies, Languages Appendix - 1: Alphabetical Discussion of Metrics and Measures Appendix - 2: Twenty Five Software Engineering Targets from 2016 through 2021 Suggested Readings on Software Measures and Metric Issues Summary and Conclusions on Measures and Metrics Index ER -