Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!netcomsv!jls From: jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: use of metrics Message-ID: <1991Jun13.235937.24165@netcom.COM> Date: 13 Jun 91 23:59:37 GMT References: <4794.284cfad3@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <35346@mimsy.umd.edu> <1991Jun7.074226.12105@netcom.COM> <35364@mimsy.umd.edu> <1991Jun7.201655.12088@netcom.COM> <1991Jun11.205939.9723@visix.com> <1991Jun12.003809.24084@netcom.COM> Now everybody, remember to strike that keyboard >while you're thinking! Okay, okay--I give! Jeez--I came up with automatic ways to measure the number of changes to a particular unit and to tie those changes to a particular bug fix, ways to track the error-proneness of particular units, ways to computer both static and dynamic metrics of various kinds, and so forth, and all of it possible with off-the-shelf technology I've been working with for the past four years...and what do people concentrate on? An off-the-cuff tongue-in-cheek response concerning duration of login. You'd think people would focus on the meat of the argument, not the gristle. -- *** LIMITLESS SOFTWARE, Inc: Jim Showalter, jls@netcom.com, (408) 243-0630 **** *Proven solutions to software problems. Consulting and training on all aspects* *of software development. Management/process/methodology. Architecture/design/* *reuse. Quality/productivity. Risk reduction. EFFECTIVE OO usage. Ada/C++. *