Measurements categories - Software Specification & Measurement - Direct and Indirect

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• Nirja Shah   -Posted on 05 Oct 15
  - To assess the quality of the engineered product or system and to better understand the models that are created, some measures are used.
  
  - These measures are collected throughout the software development life cycle with an intention to improve the software process on a continuous basis.
  
  - Measurement helps in estimation,quality control,productivity assessment and project control throughout a software project.
  
  - Measurement is also used by software engineers to gain insight into the design and development of the work products.
  
  - It also helps to assist in strategic decision-making as a project proceeds.
  
  - Software measurements are divided into two categories.
  Direct measures
  - It includes the software processes like cost and effort applied and products like lines of code produced, execution speed, and other defects that have been reported.
  
  Indirect measures
  - It includes products like functionality,quality,complexity,reliability,maintainability and much more.
  
  - A software measurement is considered as a management tool which if conducted in an effective manner, helps the project manager and the entire software team to take decisions that lead to successful completion of the project.

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