Software Measurement Programs

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Leveraging metrics basics into a functional measurement plan
By
Norman Fenton
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June 26, 2002
Volume-Issue: 
1999-03
Article Summary: 

A metrics program is any planned activity in which you use measurement to meet some specific goal. If you do not have a clear technical goal for a metrics program, then you are almost certainly not ready for such a program. Here's how to design a measurement program that leads to decisions and actions.