Software metric

<p>In <a href="/facts/Software_engineering/KX6cE9kz">software engineering</a> and <a href="/facts/Software_development/UUfsAaYY">development</a>, a software metric is a standard of measure of a degree to which a <a href="/facts/Software_system/mglVMfTA">software system</a> or process possesses some property. 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 <a href="/facts/Quantitative_research/C1t5h075">quantitative measurements</a> are essential in all sciences, there is a continuous effort by <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Debugging/QtdpPJT0">debugging</a>, software <a href="/facts/Program_optimization/nXz6RpRM">performance optimization</a>, and optimal personnel task assignments.
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Software metric