Software Metrics for Identifying Software Size in Software Development Projects

Authors

  • Vidanapathirana VSP Faculty of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Peiris K.H.M.R Faculty of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Keywords:

Engineering discipline, Software, Software Metrics, Software Size, Programming, Software Development Projects

Abstract

Measurements are fundamental any engineering discipline. They indicate the amount, extent, dimension or capacity of an attribute or a product, in a quantitative manner. The analyzed results of the measured data can be given as the basic idea of metrics. It is a quantitative representation of the measurements of the degree to which a system, component, or process possesses a given attribute. When it comes to software, the metrics are a wide scope of measurements of computer programming. The size oriented metrics takes a main role in it since they can be used as the key for better estimations, to improve trust and confidence, and to have a better control over the software products. Software professionals traditionally have been measuring the size of software applications by using several methods. In this paper the researchers discuss about the software size metrics for identifying software size and it is mainly focused on the software development projects in today’s Information Technology (IT) industry.

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2015-08-30

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Vidanapathirana, V., & Peiris, K. (2015). Software Metrics for Identifying Software Size in Software Development Projects. COMPUSOFT: An International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology, 4(08), 1960–1965. Retrieved from https://ijact.in/index.php/j/article/view/344

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Vol. 4 No. 08 (2015): August

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