Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!cluster!swift!suite.sw.oz.au!gary From: gary@suite.sw.oz.au (Gary Corby) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Metric for Requirements Complexity? Summary: Are there any? Keywords: SRS, FS, metrics, system complexity Message-ID: Date: 24 May 91 00:14:33 GMT Sender: news@softway.sw.oz.au (Usenet) Organization: Softway Pty Ltd Lines: 19 Given two Software Requirements Specifications, is there a metric which will describe the relative complexity of the systems they describe? Please note I am referring to the complexity of the system, rather than any sort of stylistic measure of the document per se. We are looking for this sort of measure because we wish to determine whether we are getting better or worse at writing SRS documents as time goes on. This seems to require measuring the number of faults discovered in each SRS document and plotting the values as a function of the date of writing. The only problem is that not all SRSs describe equally complex systems, and more convoluted systems can expect to contain a greater number of errors. Does anyone know a solution or have a suggestion? Gary -- Gary Corby (Friend of Elvenkind) Softway Pty Ltd ACSnet: gary@softway.oz UUCP: ...!uunet!softway.oz!gary