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Software Metrics: Best Practices for Successful IT Management
by Paul Goodman	ISBN:1931332266
Rothstein Associates 2004 (264 pages)
This unique book gives the technical, subject background necessary to make Software Metrics work, and presents a full lifecycle for measurement program development and implementation.

Table of Contents
	Software Metrics—Best Practices for Successful IT Management
	Foreword
	Introduction
	Section 1 - Introducing Software Metrics
	Chapter 1	-	Software Metrics: What and Why?
	Chapter 2	-	An Overview of Function Point Analysis
	Chapter 3	-	Software Metrics: Management Information
	Chapter 4	-	Cost Estimation
	Chapter 5	-	Applied Design Metrics
	Chapter 6	-	Project Control
	Section 2 - Building and Implementing a Software Metrics Program
	Chapter 7	-	A Lifecycle for Metrication
	Chapter 8	-	Stage 1 - Initiation
	Chapter 9	-	Stage 2: Requirements Definition
	Chapter 10	-	Stage 3: Component Design
	Chapter 11	-	Stage 4: Component Build
	Chapter 12	-	Stage 5: Implementation
	Chapter 13	-	Section 2: A Summary
	Chapter 14	-	Alternative Approaches to Metrication
	Section 3 - General Discussion
	Chapter 15	-	The Home Stretch
	Chapter 16	-	Closing Thoughts
	Appendix A	-	Useful Organizations
	References
	Index
	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	List of Sidebars

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