Research Article

Development of Embedded Boot Software for a Satellite Instrument Control Unit: Lessons Learned

Table 1

Software quality metrics.

ClausesMinimumMaximumDescription

Length of procedure150Number of executable statements in a function’s body
Commentary20%NANumber of comment lines per executable statement in a function’s body
Nesting complexity04Maximum number of control structure nesting in a function’s body
Cyclomatic complexity18McCabe cyclomatic complexity number of a function’s body