Measurement of Software Quality Factors using CK Metrics

Software engineering is a profession dedicated to analysis designing implementing and modifying software so that it is of high quality. Software quality is the attribute to measure the software characteristics. To measure software quality a no. of software metrics are used. Metric are the quantitative measure of the degree to which a system component or process possesses a given attribute. Software quality is measured in terms of software quality factors which affect it. They can be broadly divided into two categories. The classification is done on the basis of measurability. The first category of the factors is of those that can be measured directly e.g. testability usability flexibility and efficiency.