Strengths and Weaknesses of Software Metrics

Posted October 31, 1997 | |

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF SOFTWARE METRICS

by Capers Jones

©Copyright 1997 by Capers Jones, Chairman, SPR, Inc. All rights reserved.

Measurement, metrics, and statistical analysis of data are the basic tools of science and engineering.

About The Author
Capers Jones
Capers Jones is the VP and CTO of Namcook Analytics LLC, President of Capers Jones & Associates LLC, and the founder and former Chairman of Software Productivity Research (SPR), where he currently holds the title of Chief Scientist Emeritus. Before founding SPR, he was Assistant Director of Programming Technology for the ITT Corporation at the Programming Technology Center. He was also a manager and researcher at IBM. Mr. Jones is a well-… Read More
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