This issue looks at why quantitative methods are important, how
to use them with different software development paradigms, and how to predict
project outcomes using data emerging from the performance of process tasks.
Highlights
From the Editor
The Infamous Ratio Measure (PDF)
Ratios and other derived metrics are inevitable in software measurement. An
appreciation of what they’re good for, and not good for, can help to
avoid pitfalls. |Hakan
Erdogmus
Guest Editors' Introduction
The Case for Quantitative Process Management(PDF) Introducing two articles, one on
stochastic optimization modeling and one on making statistics part of decision
making, and a Point/Counterpoint debate.|Bill Curtis, Girish V. Seshagiri, Donald
Reifer, Iraj Hirmanpour, and Gargi Keeni
Design
Design Strategy(PDF) Designers need to sharpen their focus and apply design energy where it
will have the most impact. So, identifying what's core to our system's success
is one of the most critical things we must do. |
Rebecca J. Wirfs-Brock
Open Source
Should You Adopt Open Source Software?(PDF) How can decision makers interpret contradicting claims on the advantages
and disadvantages of using OSS? This article reports on a case study of 10
Belgian organizations. |Kris
Ven, Jan Verelst, and Herwig Mannaert
>>IBM developerWorks
interviews editor in chiefHakan Erdogmus
about IEEE Software's mandate, how the magazine differs from other
software publications, and why it's valuable for today's software engineer.
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Great selections from past issues
Columnist Diomidis Spinellis talks about today's
software tools and the problems they do and don't solve.
Also: links to all of his past IEEE Software columns
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