What are the metrics for object oriented design?

A more objective view of the characteristics of design can benefit both an experienced designer and the novice. The characteristics that can be measured when we assess an object oriented design are:

- Size which has four views: population, volume, length and functionality.
- Complexity is measured in terms of structural characteristics by checking how classes of an object oriented design are interrelated.
- Sufficiency is defined as the degree to which an abstraction possesses the features required from the point of view of current application.
- Coupling is defined as different connections between the elements of the object oriented design.
- Completeness is defined as the feature set against which we compare the abstraction or design component. It considers multiple points of view. It indirectly implies the degree to which abstraction or design component can be reused.
- Similarity is defined as the degree to which two or more classes are similar in structure, function, behavior etc.
- Volatility for object oriented design is defined as the likelihood that a change will occur.
- Cohesion is defined as the degree to which the set of properties it possesses is part of problem or design domain.
- Primitiveness is the degree to which the operation is not constructed out of a sequence of other operations within the class.