Object-Oriented Software Metrics Book

	Preface
	Introduction	1
	OO software metrics	3
	What's a line of code and do we care?	4
	Coding style effects and normalized methods	5
	About thresholds	5
	Terms used in this book	6
	Project Metrics	7
	Project metrics overview	7
	Management process	7
	Development process	7
	Application size	11
	Staffing size	24
	Scheduling	30
	Design Metrics	33
	Design metrics overview	33
	Method size	33
	Method internals	44
	Class size	50
	Class inheritance	61
	Method inheritance	66
	Class internals	73
	Class externals	82
	Recommendations	87
	Local calibration	87
	Setting up a metrics program	87
	Metric recommendations	88
	Coverage	93
	App. Project experience database	95
	App. Metrics form	128
	App. Metrics tools	130
	App. Futures	134
	References	137
	Glossary	141
	Index	145