Software metrics: fault content estimation and software process control

Abstract The paper shows how software metrics can be used to plan and control software projects. Software metrics will be essential if the software industry is to continue growing and developing complex systems. The only way to increase knowledge of the software development and maintenance processes and the final product is to measure them and use the measurements in models for estimating their future behaviour. The emphasis of this paper is on complexity metrics and reliability models, and especially on their use for fault content estimation and control of the development and maintenance processes. Empirical results and guidelines of how to use complexity metrics and reliability models are presented.

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