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In software engineering and development, a software metric is a standard of measure of a degree to which a software system or process possesses some property.[1][2] Even if a metric is not a measurement (metrics are functions, while measurements are the numbers obtained by the application of metrics), often the two terms are used as synonyms. Since quantitative measurements are essential in all sciences, there is a continuous effort by computer science practitioners and theoreticians to bring similar approaches to software development. The goal is obtaining objective, reproducible and quantifiable measurements, which may have numerous valuable applications in schedule and budget planning, cost estimation, quality assurance, testing, software debugging, software performance optimization, and optimal personnel task assignments.

  1. ^ Fenton, Norman E. (2014). Software metrics : a rigorous and practical approach. James Bieman (3rd ed.). Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 978-1-4398-3823-5. OCLC 834978252.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Timóteo, Aline Lopes; Álvaro, Re; Almeida, Eduardo Santana De; De, Silvio Romero; Meira, Lemos. Software Metrics: A Survey. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.544.2164.