eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) (07/25/89)
Folks, I am doing some research in the area of object-oriented metrics. Specifically, I am interested in any metrics or metric techniques you have used, or know about, which which are highly appropriate or unique to the object-oriented paradigm. I am interested in all phases of the software life-cycle, all personnel areas (e.g., managerial as well as technical), non-life-cycle activities (e.g., domain analysis), and in support areas (e.g., object-oriented databases). Examples of what I am looking for include: - typical size of a class in source code instructions in a given language (yes, yes, yes -- there are many ways to define this, I know) - the typical amount of time necessary for a designer to design a class - the numbers, kinds, and distribution of reusable objects and classes at an installation - the amount of time (and other resources necessary to transition an organization to the object-oriented paradigm) - project and product estimation techniques for efforts using an object-oriented approach - size and timing considerations when using an object-oriented database versus a relational database - size and performance of a system created in an object-oriented manner versus similar characteristics for systems created using other paradigms - any other object-oriented metrics, or metric techniques, that you can think of, or have experience with Please direct all response to me. I will post a summary to this newsgroup. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments, feel free to contact me. -- Edward V. Berard Berard Software Engineering, Inc. 18620 Mateney Road Germantown, Maryland 20874 E-Mail: eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu Phone: (301) 353-9652