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The article discusses some of the works of Victor R. Basili, a professor at University of Maryland, related to empirical software engineering. Basili has mostly contributed in the field of measuring software development processes and products. The Goal Question Metric (GQM) approach developed by Basili made software measurement achievable. The GQM approach is based on the assumption that an organization must first specify goals for itself and its projects to measure its products and processes usefully. This approach has helped many organizations such as Schlumberger Ltd., and others in both guiding improvement initiatives and developing metrics for managing software projects. Basili has also developed QIP, which uses the principles of continuous improvement approaches such as Total Quality Management to software development. QIP is a cyclical process for planning organizational improvement on the basis of various factors including understanding the current baseline, setting quantifiable goals for improvement, choosing development processes to meet those goals and others.