Software measurement

Software measurement is a quantified attribute (see also: measurement) of a characteristic of a software product or the software process. It is a discipline within software engineering. The content of software measurement is defined and governed by ISO Standard ISO 15939 (software measurement process).

One method of software measurement is metrics that are analyzed against the code itself. These are called software metrics and including simple metrics, such as counting the number of lines in a single file, the number of files in an application, the number of functions in a file, etc. Such measurements have become a common software development practice. There are also more detailed metrics that help measure things like software complexity, Hastead, cohesion, and coupling.

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