Draft Software Metrics Panels Final Report. Papers Presented at the 30 June 1980 Meeting on Software Metrics, Washington DC.

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Abstract:

Software metrics is a new area of computer science aimed at assigning quantitative indices of merit to software. Here software means more than simple source code software as a generic for all the stages of tailoring a computer system to solve a problem is used here. All software passes through the following seven stages in its life cycle 1 requirements analysis, 2 specification, 3 design, 4 implementation, 5 testing and integration, 6 maintenance and enhancement, and 7 replacement or retirement. Since software specification is always imprecise and since the demands on software change with time, backtrack cycles to earlier stages often take place. It is not uncommon for several stages to co-exist and influence each others progress.

Author(s):
Perlis, Alan J. ; Sayward, Frederick G. ; Shaw, Mary
Author Organization(s):
YALE UNIV NEW HAVEN CT DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Descriptive Note:
Research rept.,
Pagination:
0301

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
RR-182/80
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-79-C-0672
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_5.6.1_Assess Compliance with Guidance; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.5.3_Establish Metrics; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3; Quantum Science and Computing
Communities of Interest:
C4I
Descriptor(s):
*COMPUTER PROGRAMS, *SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, ALGORITHMS, REQUIREMENTS, QUEUEING THEORY, NETWORKS, SPECIFICATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING, LIFE CYCLES, TECHNOLOGY FORECASTING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software, Computer Systems
Keyword(s):
*Software metrics
Report Date:
1980 Jun 01