Evalution on software flexibility
Limin Shen · Jisuanji gongcheng yu sheji · 2005
With a general purpose of promoting the research and development of the flexible software,the concept of software flexibility is redefined from the perspectives of its adaption scope,its adaption expense and its response rate based on the analyses of flexible software features.Furthermore,a hierarchical metric model of the software flexibility is proposed in the light of its definition and characteristics.The model consists of three profiles,which are the available adaptability,the practicability and the cost ratio of the software.The profiles further involve six concrete factors,which include the adaption scope,variable scope,ease operability,response rate,actual cost and baseline cost of the software.To evaluate the flexibility more objectively and accurately,each factor has been defined with its metric methods raised,which makes the model excellent in its operability and easy to popularize.