Title :
Trends in measurement, estimation, and control (software engineering)
Author :
Putnam, Lawrence H.
fDate :
3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
As an expert in quantitative aspects of software management, the author shares his view of where the industry is and where it is going. He identifies a few basic measures that have been used successfully in management and describes the direction that measurement is being driven by the pressure of total quality management.<>
Keywords :
quality control; software reliability; basic measures; estimation; industry; quantitative aspects; software engineering; software management; total quality management; Databases; Engineering management; Environmental management; Helium; Large-scale systems; Pressure measurement; Software engineering; Software measurement; Thumb; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE