Statistical Software Engineering -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS STUDY -- CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT -- STATISTICAL CHALLENGES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Study: NASA Space Shuttle Flight Control Software -- OVERVIEW OF REQUIREMENTS -- THE OPERATIONAL LIFE CYCLE -- A STATISTICAL APPROACH TO MANAGING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCTION PROCESS -- Fault Detection -- Safety Certification -- 3 A Software Production Model -- PROBLEM FORMULATION AND SPECIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS -- DESIGN -- IMPLEMENTATION -- TESTING -- 4 Critique of Some Current Applications of Statistics in Software Engineering -- COST ESTIMATION -- Statistical Inadequacies in Estimating -- Process Volatility -- Maturity and Data Granularity -- Reliability of Model Inputs -- Managing to Estimates -- ASSESSMENT AND RELIABILITY -- Reliability Growth Modeling -- Influence of the Development Process on Software Dependability -- Influence of the Operational Environment on Software Dependability -- Safety-Critical Software and the Problem of Assuring Ultrahigh Dependability -- Design Diversity, Fault Tolerance, and General Issues of Dependence -- Judgment and Decision-making Framework -- Structural Modeling Issues -- Experimentation, Data Collection, and General Statistical Techniques -- SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT AND METRICS -- 5 Statistical Challenges -- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTAL ISSUES -- COMBINING INFORMATION -- VISUALIZATION IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING -- Configuration Management Data -- Function Call Graphs -- Test Code Coverage -- Code Metrics -- Challenges for Visualization -- Opportunities for Visualization -- ORTHOGONAL DEFECT CLASSIFICATION -- 6 Summary and Conclusions -- INSTITUTIONAL MODEL FOR RESEARCH -- MODEL FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS -- ISSUES IN EDUCATION -- References -- Appendix: Forum Program.