DESIGN EFFORT ESTIMATION USING COMPLEXITY METRICS

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Salman, Nael | Doğru, Ali

Affiliations: Computer Engineering Department, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey | Computer Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract: Component-oriented software development is a new trend and is becoming very popular these days. In addition to requiring a different development approach, the new orientation also requires a different metrics approach. A set of metrics for Component Oriented Software Engineering was first introduced in previous research. These metrics set were used to measure the quality of component-oriented software designs. The impact of these metrics on design effort is investigated in this paper. A statistical model is developed based on nine projects that carried out component-oriented software development. Design effort is expressed as a function of a subset of the complexity metrics.

Keywords: component-oriented, software development, complexity metrics

Journal: Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 83-88, 2004