Grupo Alarcos · Conference paper · 2004

An experimental replica to validate a set of metrics for software process models

Félix Óscar García Rubio, Mario Piattini Velthuis

EuroSPI 2004: European Software Process Improvement Conference · 2004 · 1 citations (OpenAlex)

The software process measurement plays an essential role in order to provide the quantitative basis necessary for software process improvement. Traditionally, this measurement has been focused in the project and product measurement, but nowadays software process models (SPM) are entities very relevant due to the increasing number of companies which model and manage their processes in order to reach high maturity levels. We have defined a set of metrics for software process models in order to evaluate the influence of the software process models complexity in their maintainability. These metrics are focused on the main elements included in a software process model. To demonstrate the practical utility of the metrics proposed a replica of an experiment has been achieved which has allowed us to obtain some conclusions about the influence of the metrics proposed on two sub-characteristics of the maintainability: understandability and modifiability, which besides confirm the results of a set of experiments previously performed in the context of a family of experiments.