Essentials of Software Engineering, 3rd Edition

OBJECTIVES

165

CHAPTER

8

Design Characteristics

and Metrics

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Describe the characteristics of a good design.

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Understand legacy metrics that have been devised to measure complexity

of design:

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Halstead metrics

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McCabe’s cyclomatic number

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Henry-Kafura information flow

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Card and Glass complexity measures

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Discuss cohesion attribute and program slices.

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Describe coupling attributes.

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Understand Chidamber-Kemerer metrics for object-oriented design.

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Analyze user-interface design concerns.

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