Software Metrics

Software Metrics

This on-demand, web-based  course is designed to provide an introduction to the basics of software metrics and how to establish a software metrics program. This class starts with a basic overview of software metrics and measurement theory. The roles and benefits of measurements are discussed, standards and models related to software metrics are surveyed and a simple step-by-step process for selecting, defining and tailoring software metrics to meet the information needs of an organization is introduced.

This course includes:

• A discussion of issues involved with data collection, including:
  • what data to collect
  • who should collect the data
  • how to collect it

• Attendees learn to consider the human issues of implementing a measurement system and metric do’s and don’ts.
• Attendees also practice defining a human factors action plan for their metrics.
• This course ends with a survey of product, process, services and project metrics used in the software industry.

Course attendees will learn:

• How to identify their software metrics customers
• How to utilize the Goal/Question/Metric paradigm to select metrics that align with the organizational, project and process goals of those customers
• How to design metrics through:
  • standardizing entity and attribute definitions
  • choosing measurement functions
  • establishing measurement methods
  • defining decision criteria
  • designing reporting mechanisms
  • determining additional qualifiers

Course objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course attendees will be able to:

• Understand the basic metrics and measurement theory and terminology
• Identify internal and external customers who need software metrics information
• Select software metrics based on goals
• Design and tailor the selected metrics to match your information needs
• Determine what data to collect and who should collect it
• Minimize the impact of human factors on the selected metrics
• Interpret and communicate metric results

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