Presentation on Establishing a
Software Measurement Process
By Ali Raza
CSPC 547

Overview
 Introduction
 Objective
 Audience
 Report Overview
 Designing a Software Measurement
 Developing a Measurement
 Planning the Process
 Identify Scope
 Define Procedures

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 Implementing the Process
 Collect Data
 Analyze Data
 Evolving the Process
 Illustrations of Use
 Starting a Software Measurement Program
 Summary
 Pros and Cons of ‘Establishing a Software
Measurement Process’ report
 Closing Thoughts

Introduction
 Primary purpose of this report is to provide
insight into software processes and products
 Why?
 Because organizations can produce better results by
making good decisions and manage the achievement
of goals
 This reports also provide the guidelines so that
companies can integrate a measurement
process in their overall software process

Objective of this Report
 Provide some guidelines that can be used to
design and implement a process for
measurement:
 ties measurement to organization goals and
objectives;
 defines measurement consistently, clearly and
accurately;
 collects and analyzes data to measure progress
towards goals; and
 Evolves and improves as the process matures.

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 Demonstrate the guidelines with examples and
illustrations
 This report can help an organization start and
sustain a measurement program

Audience
 Who?
 Software engineering group (SEPG)
 Working group tasked to implement a measurement
program in their organization.
 Function areas where people will want to use good
measurement practice such as
 Managers
 Project staff
 Software configuration group
 Others

Report Overview
 This Report is divided into four chapers
 Introduction described in chapter 1
 Process Method for designing and implementing a
measurement process
 Describe uses of measurement
 Suggests steps an organization could take to
establish a software measurement.

Designing a Software Measurement

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Developing a Measurement Process

Planning the Process

Identify Scope

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Define Procedures

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 Tasks for Define Procedures activity
 Define Measures
 Define counting methods
 Define the recording formats
 Define storage mechanisms
 Define methods
 Define mechanisms for feed back

Implementing the Process

Collect Data

Analyze Data

Evolving the Process

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Illustrations of Use

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 Baseline Measurement Process
 Manage Projects
 Describe Products
 Improve Processes
 Aggregate Data
 Dynamic Changes

Starting a Software Measurement Programs

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 Establish a Measurement Focal Group
 Assessing organizational sponsorships, commitment,
and improvements
 Implementing the steps describe in following section
 Communicating and strengthening the network of
sponsors
 Documenting and evolving, successes and lesson
learned
 Establishing a historical, organizational database of
project data

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 Identify the Objectives
 Design the process
 Assess and Understand Current Capability
 Design a Measurement Process

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 Prototype the Process
 Document the Process
 Implement the Process
 Expand the Program

Summary
 Basic Concept for Establishing Software
Measurement
 Organization can improve productively and
overall output.

Pros and Cons of ‘Establishing a Software Measurement Process’
report
 Pros
 Organization can increase the productivity and overall
output
 Proven measurement process
 Author provided thorough steps for measurement
process
 We can make the standards e.g. focal group
 Usually for large companies and Enterprise
environment.
 Quality outcome

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 Cons
 Not Cost Effective
 People need training
 Need Upper Management Support.
 Very hard to change the shift – People should change
their attitude and mindset
 Some time needed for the implementation in a
company.
 Not for small companies because they believe on
product release as soon as possible

Closing thoughts
 Very interesting report by Donald R. Andrews
 Implementing measurement process vs. not
implementing in a company
 Organizations are coming back towards the
process after the extreme programming or agile
methodology especially in an enterprise
environment.
 Check and balances in the form of focal group