LECTURE 11, 12

NAME OF THE FACULTY: BIPLAB BISWAS

CLASS: MBA
SECTION: SYSTEMS
SEMESTER: III SUBJECT WITH SUBJECT CODE: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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SUMMERY
Software metrics are numerical data related to software development. Metrics strongly support software project
management activities. They relate to the four functions of management as follows: Planning, Organizing, Controlling, And
Improving.
There are "private and public" uses for different types of process data: Data private to the individual serve as an indicator
for the individual only. Examples of metrics private to the individual defect rates (by individual), defect rates (by
module), errors found during development.
Public metrics assimilate information that originally was private to individuals and teams. Project-level defect. rates ,
effort, calendar times, related data are collected and evaluated in an attempt to uncover indicators that can improve
organizational process performance.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
In many cases metrics for one model may be used in
6> Metrics are used as a tool for process improvement
later software engineering activities (e.g., design
and to identify where improvement efforts should be
metrics may be used in test planning).
concentrated and measure the effects of process
A. True
improvement efforts.
B. False
A. True
B. False
The function point metric is an example of metric that
can be used to assist with technical decision-making
7> Which of the following is not a product metrics?
A. Size
based on the analysis model information, without
B. Reliability
making use of historical project data.
A. True
C. Productivity
B. False
D. Functionality
A quantitative indicator of the extent, amount,
8> Efforts are measured in terms of?
A. Person - Months
dimensions, capacity or size of software product or
B. Persons
process
A. Attributes
C. Rupees
B. Measure
D. Months
C. Software metrics
D. Indicator
9> Which of the following is not a process metric?
A. Productivity
A metric is:
A. An ISO standard unit (such a metre, kilogram, etc.)
B. Functionality
B. A qualitative measure of the degree to which a
C. Quality
system component possesses a given attribute
D. Efficiency
C. A quantitative measure of the degree to which a
10> By collecting software metrics and making use of existing
system component possesses a given attribute
software reliability models it is possible to develop
D. A qualitative attribute which determines the degree to
meaningful guidelines for determining when software
which a system component may be measured
testing is finished.
E. An attributed quantity which measures a system
A. True
component in degrees
B. False
11> Which of the following metrics involves defects reported
Metrics usually fall into a few categories: ..........
A. Project management (which includes process
by client
efficiency)
A. Test efficiency
B. Process improvement
B. Test effectiveness
C. Variation matrices
C. Test Coverage
D. Validation matrices
D. None of the above
12> What is used to measure the characteristics of the
documentation and code?
A. Process metrics
B. Product metrics
C. Software Quality metrics
D. None of the above

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