Software metrics : Paul Goodman. best practices for successful IT management /

Section 1. Introducing Software Metrics
1. Software Metrics: What and Why
1.1 Definition of Software Metrics
1.2 Areas of Application
1.3 Principle Number One -Pragmatism and Comprise
1.4 Principle Number Two - Measuring People - Don't!
1.5 Principle Number Three - Modelling = Simplification
Etc.

2. An Overview of Function point Analysis
2.1 So, What is Function Point Analysis?
2.2 Using Function Point Analysis
2.3 Complexity Assessment
2.4 Summary

3. Software metrics: Management Information
3.1 What is "Management Information?"
3.2 Why do we need management information
3.3 Collecting the data
3.4 Requirement for information
3.5 Some portable models.
Etc .

4. Cost Estimation
4.1 Cost models and beyond
4.2 Why do we estimate
4.3 Some Basic Principles
4.4 All the Data - look in the bin.
4.5 Models and tools revisited
Etc.

5. Applied Design Metrics
5.1 What is Complexity?
5.2 McCabe Metrics
5.3 Information flow metrics
5.4 Summary

6. Project Control
6.1 Feasibility Checking
6.2 Risk management
6.3 Progress Monitors
6.4 Summaries

Section 2. Building and implementing software metrics program

7. A life cycle for metrication
7.1 The life cycle model

8. Stage 1- Initiation
8.1 The Initial management decision
8.3 Appoint Feasibility study team
8.4 "We need a plan!"
8.5 Subject Familiarization
Etc.

9. Stage 2: Requirements definition
9.1 Things to remember
9.2 Commonality
9.3 A common frame of reference
9.4 Initial Publicity campaign
9.5 Customer identification
Etc.

10. Stage 3: Component design
10.1 Pilot project
10.2 Metrics Identification stream
10.3 Model definition or goals., questions, metrics
10.4 Identify external products
10.5 Administration design stream
Etc.

11. Stage 4: Component Build
11.1 Laying the foundations
11.2 Review built Components
11.3 The final Count down
11.4 Summary

12. Stage 5: Implementation
12.1 A people - oriented Issue
12.2 The Launch
12.3 The implementation
12.4 Summary: Closing the circle

13. Section 2: A Summary
13.1 Initiation
13.2 Requirement Specification
13.3 Component Design
13.4 Component build
13.5 Implementation
13.6 A recipe for success

14. Alternative approaches to metrication
14.1 Phasing or scope variation
14.2 In by the back door
14.3 Hitching a ride
14.4 Hard and Fast

Section 3: General Discussion

15 The Home stretch
15.1 SEI Assessment
15.2 Other Measurement - based techniques
15.3 Summary

16. Closing thoughts

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-236) and index (p. 237-241).