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title: "What is software metric?"  
description: "What is software metric?"  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-04-06  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96755/what-is-software-metric  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "software", "software engineering"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is software metric?

What is software [metric](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

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- A **[software](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51476/how-to-fix-an-iphone-se-that-won-t-update-ios-failed-to-update-software) metric** is a quantitative or countable measure of programme properties. Software metrics are useful for a variety of purposes, including assessing software performance, planning work items, calculating productivity, and more.
- Many indicators are intertwined throughout the software development process. Software metrics are comparable to management's four functions: planning, organisation, control, and improvement.
- The purpose of recording and evaluating software metrics is to figure out how good a product or process is now, how to improve it, and how to predict how good it will be once the project is finished.

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