In software engineering, many reuse metrics and
models are metrics used to measure
code reuse
In software development (and computer programming in general), code reuse, also called software reuse, is the use of existing software, or software knowledge, to build new software, following the reusability principles.
Code reuse may be achie ...
and reusability. A metric is a
quantitative indicator of an attribute of a thing. A model specifies relationships among metrics. Reuse models and metrics can be categorized into six types:
# reuse cost-benefits models
# maturity assessment
# amount of
reuse
# failure modes
#
reusability
In computer science and software engineering, reusability is the use of existing ''assets'' in some form within the software product development process; these ''assets'' are products and by-products of the software development life cycle and in ...
# reuse library metrics
Reuse cost-benefits models include economic
cost-benefit analysis as well as quality and
productivity
Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services expressed by some measure. Measurements of productivity are often expressed as a ratio of an aggregate output to a single input or an aggregate input used in a production proces ...
payoff.
Maturity assessment models categorize reuse programs by how advanced they are in implementing systematic reuse.
Amount of reuse metrics are used to assess and monitor a reuse improvement effort by tracking percentages of reuse for life cycle objects.
Failure modes analysis is used to identify and order the impediments to reuse in a given organization.
Reusability metrics indicate the likelihood that an artifact is reusable.
Reuse library metrics are used to manage and track usage of a reuse repository.
References
* Frakes, William and Carol, Terry. "Software Reuse: Metrics and Models." ACM Computing Surveys 28(2), pp. 415-435, 1996.
Software metrics
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