No specific reading assignments will be given. The students are required to read the corresponding chapters and/or papers related to the topics covered in class. The following is the list of topics, and the corresponding slides, and chapters from our textbooks or papers either on Canvas or online:

• 8314 overview and general information/background:
  • class webpage,
  • online slide set module 1,
  • Laird&Brennan/SME, Chapters 1-3.
  • Kan/MMSQE, Chapters 3-4.
  • Putnam&Myers/5CM, Introduction and Part I (Chapters 1-4)
  • Tian/SQE, Chapter 19 (overview only)

• Metrics and models, and particularly defect and external metrics:
  • online slide set module 2,
  • Tian/SQE, Chapter (2), 19, 20, (21) and 22.
  • Laird&Brennan/SME, Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 12.
  • Kan/MMSQE, Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.
  • Putnam&Myers/5CM, Part II (Chapters 5-8)

• Internal metrics:
  • online slide set module 3,
  • Laird&Brennan/SME, Chapter 4, 5.
  • Kan/MMSQE, Chapter 11, 12.
  • Putnam&Myers/5CM, Part II (Chapters 5-8)

• Formal models for metrics evaluation:
  • online slide set module 4,
  • Tian-Zelkowitz TSE paper on metrics evaluation/selection, available on Canvas.

• Recent development and advanced topics:
  • online slide set module 5,
  • Tian SDPS paper and slides on NCSS metrics, available on Canvas.
  • JSS paper on Web measurement by Li/Alaeddine/Tian, available on Canvas.
  • TSE paper on metrics and hypothesis testing by Koru/Tian, available on Canvas.
  • THMS paper by Geng/Tian on usability (measurement and) improvement, available on Canvas.
  • SERA'2017 paper+slides on impact of accurate Markov OP by Karami/Tian on Canvas.
  • Metrics application in software management (both at the project and organization level): Putnam&Myers/5CM, Part III & IV (Chapters 9-22)