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Reuse metrics and measurement : A framework

Author
Reifer, Donald J.
Published
Nov 1, 1990.
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1 electronic document
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Summary
The lessons learned and experience gleaned are described by those who have started to implement the reuse metrics and measurement framework used in controlling the development of common avionics and software for its affiliated aircraft programs. The framework was developed to permit the measurement of the long term cost/benefits resulting from the creation and use of Reusable Software Objects (RSOs). The framework also monitors the efficiency and effectiveness of the Software Reuse Library (SRL). The metrics and measurement framework is defined which was established to allow some determinations and findings to be made relative to software reuse. Seven criteria are discussed which were used to guide the establishment of the proposed reuse framework. Object recapture and creation metrics are explained along with their normalized use in effort, productivity, and quality determination. A single and multiple reuse instance version of a popular cost model is presented which uses these metrics and the measurement scheme proposed to predict the software effort and duration under various reuse assumptions. Studies in using this model to predict actuals taken from the RCI data base of over 1000 completed projects is discussed.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19920010190.
Accession ID: 92N19432.
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Proceedings of the 15th Annual Software Engineering Workshop; 20 p.
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Copyright, Distribution under U.S. Government purpose rights.
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