Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to

1. Understand the guiding principles and practices for using software metrics to manage software engineering teams and projects.

2. Apply software metrics in specific software engineering environments.

3. Understand the importance of planning, documenting, and implementing a software metrics program.

4. Understand the common problems encountered in software metrics and measurement and how to avoid them in specific projects.

5. Analyze the tradeoffs when selecting quantitative measurement techniques, practices, or tools, and understand how these choices may affect the quality, cost and customer acceptance of software metrics.

6. Discuss current research trends in software metrics