Survey on Impact of Software Metrics on Software Quality

Software metrics provide a quantitative basis for planning and predicting software development processes. Therefore the quality of software can be controlled and improved easily. Quality in fact aids higher productivity, which has brought software metrics to the forefront. This research paper focuses on different views on software quality. Moreover, many metrics and models have been developed; promoted and utilized resulting in remarkable successes. This paper examines the realm of software engineering to see why software metrics are needed and also reviews their contribution to software quality and reliability. Results can be improved further as we acquire additional experience with variety of software metrics. These experiences can yield tremendous benefits and betterment in quality and reliability. KeywordsSoftware metrics; Software quality; Software reliability; Lines of code; Function points; object oriented metrics.