The structural complexity of software an experimental test

摘要: This research examines the structural complexity of software and, specifically, potential interaction two dominant dimensions complexity, coupling and cohesion. Analysis based on an information processing view developer cognition results in a theoretically driven model with cohesion as moderator for main effect effort. An empirical test was devised maintenance context utilizing both procedural object-oriented tasks, professional engineers participants. The support that there significant between effort, even though no either or implication this result is that, when designing, implementing, maintaining to control should be considered jointly, instead independently. By providing guidance structuring professionals researchers, these enable continue solution choice wider range richer, more complex problems.