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Norman Fenton

Norman Fenton

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Norman Fenton is Professor of Computing Science at the Centre for Software Reliability, City University, London and also Managing Director of Agena Ltd, a company specializing in risk management for critical computer systems. He is a Chartered Engineer who previously held academic posts at University College Dublin, Oxford University and South Bank University where he was Director of the Centre for Systems and Software Engineering. He has been project manager and principal researcher in many major collaborative projects. His recent and current projects cover the areas of: software metrics; safety critical systems assessment; Bayesian nets for systems' assessment; software reliability tools. Professor Fenton has written several books on software metrics and related subjects.

Norman Fenton

Norman Fenton is Professor of Computing Science at the Centre for Software Reliability, City University, London and also Managing Director of Agena Ltd, a company specializing in risk management for critical computer systems. He is a Chartered Engineer who previously held academic posts at University College Dublin, Oxford University and South Bank University where he was Director of the Centre for Systems and Software Engineering. He has been project manager and principal researcher in many major collaborative projects. His recent and current projects cover the areas of: software metrics; safety critical systems assessment; Bayesian nets for systems' assessment; software reliability tools. Professor Fenton has written several books on software metrics and related subjects.

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Software Metrics: Successes, Failures, and New Directions

The history of software metrics is almost as old as the history of software engineering. Yet, the extensive research and literature on the subject has had little impact on industrial practice. This is worrying given that the major rationale for using metrics is to improve the software engineering decision making process from a managerial and technical perspective.