<s>
GQM	B-Application
,	O
the	O
initialism	O
for	O
"	O
goal	O
,	O
question	O
,	O
metric	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
established	O
goal-oriented	O
approach	O
to	O
software	O
metrics	O
to	O
improve	O
and	O
measure	O
software	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GQM	B-Application
has	O
been	O
promoted	O
by	O
Victor	O
Basili	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Maryland	O
,	O
College	O
Park	O
and	O
the	O
Software	O
Engineering	O
Laboratory	O
at	O
the	O
NASA	O
Goddard	O
Space	O
Flight	O
Center	O
after	O
supervising	O
a	O
Ph.D.	O
thesis	O
by	O
Dr.	O
David	O
M	O
.	O
Weiss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GQM	B-Application
defines	O
a	O
measurement	O
model	O
on	O
three	O
levels	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GQM+Strategies	O
approach	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Victor	O
Basili	O
and	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
researchers	O
from	O
the	O
Fraunhofer	O
Society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novel	O
application	O
of	O
GQM	B-Application
towards	O
business	O
data	O
are	O
described	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
engineering	O
areas	O
of	O
Quality	O
assurance	O
and	O
Testing	O
,	O
GQM	B-Application
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
