1. “In this issue”

   EditorialNotes Pages: 103 - 103

2. Editorial

   • Victor R. Basili

   EditorialNotes Pages: 105 - 108

3. Evaluating inheritance depth on the maintainability of object-oriented software

   • John Daly
   • Andrew Brooks
   • Murray Wood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 132

4. The empirical investigation of Perspective-Based Reading

   • Victor R. Basili
   • Scott Green
   • Marvin V. Zelkowitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 164

5. Increasing testing productivity and software quality: A comparison of software testing methodologies within NASA

   • Donald W. Sova
   • Carol Smidts

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 188