Software metrics : a guide to planning, analysis, and application / C. Ravindranath Pandian.

Table of content
1. Software measurement
A new order
Measurement in quality thinking
Precision in expression
Representation of reality
Knowledge creation
Measurement technology
Measuring with the mind: cognitive phase
Measuring with words: sematic phase
etc.

2. Software metrics
Metrics mapping
Simple metrics
Complex metrics
Metrics are organization specific
Importance of estimation and planning in the context of metrics
etc.

3. Designing a metrics system
Metric system
Information-based metric architecture
Goals: the drivers
Decision centres: the new organization
Models: Knowledge capsules
etc.

4.Metrics data visualization
Data analysis
Graphic analysis
Visualizing data
Graphic techniques
Pie chart: distribution analysis
etc.

5. Metric data analysis infrequency domain
Frequency distribution: an analysis tool
Normal distribution
Bias: A process reality
Deriving frequency distribution from data
Looking at histogram
etc.

6. Metric data analysis in time domain
Viewing in time
Temporal pattern in metrics
process characterization
Control charts
Special forms
etc.

7. Metric data analysis in the relationship domain
A fertile domain
Search for relationship
Perceiving relationship
Strengthening of the relationship: Correlation coefficient
Casual relationship and statistical correlation
etc.

8. Process models
From analysis to systems thinking
Model building: knowledge consolidation
Higher-level empirical models
Descriptive statistics on multiple metrics
Three analytical dimensions
etc.

9. Estimation models
Estimation process
Software estimation risks
Estimation methodologies
Thumb rules
Delphi estimate
Golden rule
etc.

10. Metric for defect management
Defect measurement
Defect classification
Analysis of defect data
Defect correlation
Defect driver matrix
Looking for consistency
etc.

11. Online use of metrics
The challenges
Metric intelligence
Metric synchronization
Milestone diary
Earned value graph
etc.

12. Metric-based decision support system
Two system
The humble beginning
Advent of software management tool
Birth of process databases
Enterprise integration
Process intelligence
etc.

13. Metrics for strategic vision
Beyond the obvious
Metric in project management
Tailoring metric for the project
Setting quantitative goals: Goal metric correlation (GMC)
Quality function deployment (QFD)
etc.

14. Metric system implementation
Toward truth
No universal method
Effective use of metrics
Looking at metrics data
Applying metrics
Creating decision centres
etc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-271) and index.