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Objectives and context of software measurement, analysis and control

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Experimental Software Engineering Issues: Critical Assessment and Future Directions

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This paper focuses on the what and why of measurement in software development, and the impact of the context of the development organization or of specific projects on approaches to measurement, analysis, and control. It also presents observations on contextual issues based on studies of the major Japanese software producers.

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  1. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02142, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael A. Cusumano

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H. Dieter Rombach Victor R. Basili Richard W. Selby

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Cusumano, M.A. (1993). Objectives and context of software measurement, analysis and control. In: Rombach, H.D., Basili, V.R., Selby, R.W. (eds) Experimental Software Engineering Issues: Critical Assessment and Future Directions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 706. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57092-6_99

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