IfSQ

Better to limit control flow complexity

Research Finding:
Control-flow complexity has been correlated with low reliability and frequent errors.

IfSQ Defect Indicators based on this finding:

• SP-3—Routine Too Complex
  Control-flow complexity has been correlated with low reliabilty and frequent errors.

Sources:

A Complexity Measure

• Tom McCabe
• Recorded 1976 in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, SE-2, no. 4, December
• Pages 308-20

Identifying Error-Prone Software - An Empirical Study

• Vincent Y. Shen, Tze-jie Yu, S.M. Thebaut, and L.R. Paulsen
• Recorded 1985 in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, SE-11, no. 4, April
• Pages 317-24

Software Defect Prevention Using McCabe's Complexity Metric

• William T. Ward
• Recorded 1989 in Hewlett-Packard Journal, April
• Pages 64-69