Software projects are becoming complex, larger, more integrated, and are implemented by the use of several varieties of technologies. These various technologies need to be managed and organized to deliver a quality product. Quality attributes usually assessed and analyzed at the architecture level, not at the code level. And finally, software architecture has gained increasing visibility in the last years as the software industry has recognized the role of software architectures in maintaining high quality and ensuring high quality and sustainability of software products.
However, there is still no consensus on how to measure various aspects of software architecture, therefore today I wanted to talk about software architecture metrics, but found out that in software architecture there are no standard metrics yet, this field is still very immature. However, some experts start talking about it, for example, I highly recommend you to attend Global Software Architecture Summit in Barcelona ( October, 1-2), where Alexander von Zitzewitz will talk about “Software Metrics for Architects”.