Software Defect Prevention Using McCabe's Complexity Metric

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Journal Paper: Cover of Hewlett-Packard Journal

Software Defect Prevention Using McCabe's Complexity Metric

William T. Ward
Recorded 1989 in Hewlett-Packard Journal , April
Pages 64-69
Abstract:
By identifying and correcting software code defects very early in the coding phase of product development, the McCabe methodology and toolset continue to have a major impact on efforts to improve the productivity of the development process and the quality of the resultant products.
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Software Defect Prevention Using McCabe's Complexity Metric

Finding relevant IfSQ Standards:

Better to limit control flow complexity
Control-flow complexity has been correlated with low reliability and frequent errors

IfSQ Defect Indicators:

SP-3—Routine Too Complex
Control-flow complexity has been correlated with low reliabilty and frequent errors.

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