MEASURING REUSE - A CAUTIONARY TALE

Authors
PFLEEGER SL
Citation
Sl. Pfleeger, MEASURING REUSE - A CAUTIONARY TALE, IEEE software, 13(4), 1996, pp. 118-127
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
IEEE software → ACNP
ISSN journal
07407459
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
118 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-7459(1996)13:4<118:MR-ACT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Many organizations look to reuse for large improvements in quality and productivity. But measuring reuse is difficult, to be attempted only after careful analysis of measurement and management goals. This artic le describes how to measure reuse and provides warnings on how some nu mbers can be misleading.