Realizing a Software Design Measurement Tool: Concepts and Results

Abstract

Measuring the aspects of software complexity during the design phase strongly helps to improve the software development by providing control and management instruments early in the life cycle. A method to integrate software design metrics into commercial software development environments is introduced. The main concepts of the environment including the underlying model and its flexibility are explained, its use and operation is discussed, and some results of the implementation and its application to industrial projects are given with examples.