Chapter 3. Metrics for improvement
This chapter covers
- Using metrics to guide process improvement
- Metric dependencies on development, process, and delivery
- Common anti-patterns or inappropriate uses of metrics
Several of the metrics we’ll cover in this chapter were described in chapter 2 in the context of steering work in progress. In this chapter, we’re concerned with using the same metrics to inform process-improvement efforts. You’re looking for different information from the metrics, and you’ll take different actions in response to the information than in chapter 2.
3.1. Process-agnostic metrics
Delivery-performance metrics that have no dependencies on software development methods are useful for monitoring the effectiveness of process-improvement ...
Get Software Development Metrics now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
