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From: daves@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Dave Straker)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Re: measuring software complexity (was: Counting semicolons)
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Date: 19 Apr 91 08:29:51 GMT
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> This seems to be a good spot to put in a plug for the Goal/Question/Metric
> paradigm, developed by Dr. Victor Basili and others here at U Maryland.

I support this plug. I came across the notion last summer, and it has
changed my life! It's one of those things that is so obvious that you
wonder why you didn't use it before.

It is probably the driver for my previous response (I've internalised
it, so I can't tell any more).

This approach also fits neatly into the Hoshin planning used widely here
at HP. This (approximately) goes 'goal/tactic/metric'. The 'question' helps
determine the tactic (what must I do to answer the question?).

Dave Straker            Pinewood Information Systems Division (PWD not PISD)
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