Measures for Software Product Lines
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Software Engineering Institute
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CMU/SEI-2003-TN-031DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6575402.v1Topic or Tag
Abstract
This technical note characterizes the status of measurement associated with the operation of a software product line, suggests a small set of measures to support its management, and provides guidance for those establishing measurement activities within a software product line. It is intended to help managers of software product lines develop a set of base measures for tracking those categories of needs most relevant to their organization's products, projects, and processes. The measures suggested here range from relatively mature to those whose general utility have yet to be validated. Therefore, an organization using this paper needs to assess its ability to generate the measures and the value they are likely to return to the organization. In most cases, an organization may wish to start with a subset of the measures described.
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Software Product Lines Collection
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Zubrow, D., & Chastek, G. (2003, October 1). Measures for Software Product Lines. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2003-TN-031). Retrieved September 12, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575402.v1.
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author={Zubrow, David and Chastek, Gary},
title={Measures for Software Product Lines},
month={Oct},
year={2003},
number={{CMU/SEI-2003-TN-031},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
doi={10.1184/R1/6575402.v1},
url={https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575402.v1},
note={Accessed: 2026-Sep-12}
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Zubrow, David, and Gary Chastek. "Measures for Software Product Lines." (CMU/SEI-2003-TN-031). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, October 1, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575402.v1.
D. Zubrow, and G. Chastek, "Measures for Software Product Lines," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-2003-TN-031, 1-Oct-2003 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575402.v1. [Accessed: 12-Sep-2026].
Zubrow, David, and Gary Chastek. "Measures for Software Product Lines." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2003-TN-031). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Oct. 2003. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575402.v1. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.
Zubrow, David; & Chastek, Gary. Measures for Software Product Lines. CMU/SEI-2003-TN-031. Software Engineering Institute. 2003. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6575402.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575402.v1