Software metrics & their influence on software quality

Software Metrics are instrumental in improving the quality of the Software. The sustainability of any software depends on the quality of that particular software. In this technical era where there is no dearth of software’s, we need to find out various factors that affect the quality of the software, and an important one of them being the Software Metrics. This paper attempts to define the various software metrics available for the measurement of software and lays stress on the relationship between the software metrics and the quality of the software. Since the basic objective of software development is to provide high quality software, this paper provides an insight into the need of good software metrics which can help in the improvement of the quality of the software product. Also the paper lays emphasis on the impact of Metrics on the quality of the Software.