Stability Metrics for Object-Oriented Design in Software Engineering: A Literature Review

One of the best qualities for any software design is stability. Any initial adjustment to a design will have a significant effect on it if it lacks stability. And for greater software quality, software stability is crucial. Stable classes typically result in lower effort and expense for software maintenance. Thus, in the case when developing software, achieving class stability is a crucial quality aim. If designers could use certain predictors for predicting class stability before it happens, they will be able to make better decisions for improving class stability. This work presents the most significant metrics that scholars have utilized to quantify stability in object-oriented (OO) design, together with the most well-known studies that have employed these metrics.