Computer software development: Quality attributes, measurements, and metrics
Yosef S. Sherif, Edward W. Ng, Jodi Steinbacher · Naval Research Logistics (NRL) · 1988
Software metrics try to identify, define, and assign various indices of merit that can support the quantitative comparisons and evaluations of software in all phases of its life cycle. This article is a state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice review of literature related to software quality measurements and metrics.