<s>
Software	B-General_Concept
measurement	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
quantified	O
attribute	O
(	O
see	O
also	O
:	O
measurement	O
)	O
of	O
a	O
characteristic	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
product	O
or	O
the	O
software	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
discipline	O
within	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
of	O
software	B-General_Concept
measurement	I-General_Concept
is	O
defined	O
and	O
governed	O
by	O
ISO	O
Standard	O
ISO	O
15939	O
(	O
software	B-General_Concept
measurement	I-General_Concept
process	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
method	O
of	O
software	B-General_Concept
measurement	I-General_Concept
is	O
metrics	O
that	O
are	O
analyzed	O
against	O
the	O
code	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
more	O
detailed	O
metrics	O
that	O
help	O
measure	O
things	O
like	O
software	O
complexity	O
,	O
Halstead	O
,	O
cohesion	O
,	O
and	O
coupling	B-Application
.	O
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