Quality Management and Software Measurement

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What is the main concern of software measurement?

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Quantifying attributes of a software system such as complexity or reliability.

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Why might agile approaches to quality management be impractical for large customers?

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Large customers may have their own quality management processes and expect reports that align with those processes.

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What is a potential issue when multiple geographically distributed teams are involved in software development?

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Informal communications may be impractical due to differing quality management approaches.

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What happens to development teams over time in long-lifetime systems?

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The team involved in development will change, making documentation essential for new members to understand past decisions.

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What is the long-term goal of software measurement?

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To use measurement to make judgments about software quality.

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What are software metrics?

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Characteristics of a software system, documentation, or development process that can be objectively measured.

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What are control metrics?

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Metrics that support process management, such as average effort and time required to repair defects.

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What are predictor metrics?

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Metrics associated with the software itself that help predict characteristics of the software.

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What are the three kinds of process metrics?

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1. Time taken for a process to be completed. 2. Resources required for a process. 3. Number of occurrences of a particular event.

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What is the significance of measuring internal attributes of software?

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Internal attributes can help predict external quality attributes like maintainability and usability.