Explain how size-oriented metrics differ from function-oriented metrics. Discuss the pros and cons of each.

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Size-oriented measures are computed by normalizing direct measures of the software engineering process (e.g. effort or defects) over the product size, measured in lines of code. Function-oriented measures are indirect measures that are computed from measures of the information domain of a business application and an assessment of its complexity. Size-oriented metrics are relatively easy to collect, but can present problems when component-based or visual programming methods are applied. Function-oriented metrics can be determined much earlier in the software cycle, but are an abstraction that is open to interpretation.

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