A Metric Tool for Predicting Source Code Quality from a PDL Design

The software crisis has increased the demand for automated tools to assist software developers in the production of quality software. Quality metrics have given software developers a tool to measure software quality. These measurements, however, are available only after the software has been produced. Due to high cost, software managers are reluctant, to redesign and reimplement low quality software. Ideally, a life cycle which allows early measurement of software quality is a necessary ingredient to solving the software crisis. This paper describes an automated tool for predicting software quality at design time.