A family of experiments to validate metrics for software process models

Process modeling

Bill Curtis, Marc I. Kellner, Jim Over · Communications of the ACM · 1992 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Business Process Management +4

Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering

Barbara Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Lesley M. Pickard et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2002 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Evidence-based Practice +10

The capability maturity model: Guidelines for improving the software process

Computers & Mathematics with Applications · 1996 · 1.5K citations

Computing, Quality Management, Quality Engineering +13

The TAME project: towards improvement-oriented software environments

Victor R. Basili, H. Dieter Rombach · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 1988 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Project Management +17

Object-oriented metrics that predict maintainability

Wei Li, Sallie M. Henry · Journal of Systems and Software · 1993 · 1.1K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Software Engineering +9