Best Practices In Software Measurement.pdf

Christof Ebert • Reiner Dumke
Manfred Bundschuh • Andreas Schmietendorf
Best Practices in Software Measurement
Christof Ebert • Reiner Dumke
Manfred Bundschuh • Andreas Schmietendorf
Best Practices
in Software Measurement
How to use metrics to improve project
and process performance
With 107 Figures and 37 Tables
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Christof Ebert Reiner Dumke
Alcatel Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
54 rue la Boetie Postfach 4120
75008 Paris, France 39016 Magdeburg, Germany
e-mail: christofebert@ e-mail: ******@-
Manfred Bundschuh Andreas Schmietendorf
Fachbereich Informatik T-Systems Nova
Fachhochschule Köln Postfach 652
Am Sandberg 1 13509 Berlin, Germany
51643 Gummersbach, Germany e-mail:
e-mail: andreas.******@t-
manfred.******@.de
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ISBN 3-540-20867-4 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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