A Modeling Language for Specifying and Visualizing Measurement Systems for Software Metr ics

• Using metrics in software engineering usually entails developing custom measurement systems dedicated for particular stakeholders (project, product, and line managers). As processes for collecting, analyzing and presenting metrics are usually not the main goal of software development companies, these processes should be as efficient as possible and so should be the development of measurement systems. In this paper we present a domain specific modeling language for modeling and developing measurement systems which makes the processes efficient. The efficiency is achieved by automatically generating measurement systems from the models of metrics (used when identifying important metrics together with stakeholders). The language has been successfully applied in industry and its use lead to significant productivity improvements when developing measurement systems at Ericsson. By providing the possibility of using either formalized language in MS Visual Studio or an informal notation in MS PowerPoint (reducing the need for specialized training) the language contributed to spreading the metric culture in the organization.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

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