Thursday, June 23, 2011

Role of Metrics in Quality Software Development

Object-oriented (OO) metrics are measurements on OO applications used to determine the success or failure of a process or person, and to quantify improvements throughout the software process. These metrics can be used to reinforce good OO programming techniques, which leads to more reliable code.

One metric alone is not enough to determine any information about an application under development. Several metrics must be used in tandem to gain insight into improvements during a software process. There are several software packages that can be used to determine the metrics on a software application.

1.Chidamber and Kemerer-1994-A Metrics Suite for OOD.
2.Robert Martin-OOD Quality Metrics.
3.Li.W-Another metric suite for object-oriented programming.
4.MOOD Metrics -defined by Fernando Brito e Abreu, are designed to provide a summary of the overall quality of an object-oriented project.