| Reaping
What You Sow : |
| How
to Get the Most Out of Software Metrics |
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| 1.
A
Software Metrics Primer |
| Software
measurement lets you quantify your schedule, work effort,
product size, project status, and quality performance. Ultimately,
measurement helps you better control your projects while
learning more about the way your organization works. This
article by Karl E. Wiegers of Proces Impact provides an
excellent summary of basic software measurement principles
and suggests a few metrics that can help you understand
and improve the way your organization operates right away.
(5 pages) |
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Here to Read the Article! |
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| 2.
Software
By the Numbers: An Aerial View of the Software Metrics Landscape |
| For
organizations still in a state of metrics paralysis, this
article by Michael C. Mah and Lawrence H. Putnam, Sr. provides
an excellent place to start. In addition to outlining key
objectives for any metrics program, the authors also seek
to answer two basic questions: "What metrics apply?"
and "What does one do with the metrics?" (14 pages)
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Here to Read the Article! |
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| 3.
Usefulness
of Metrics and Models in Software Maintenance and Evolution |
| Over
the years, more than two hundred different metrics and
dozens of different models have been proposed for application
to software systems. Faced with such diversity, what metrics
and models (and to what level of precision) should be
applied across maintenance releases, projects, and organizations?
This position paper by Ned Chapin of InfoSci, Inc. explores
that question and summarizes seven points that can improve
the usefulness and hence the value of using metrics and
models. (4 pages) |
| Click
Here to Read the Article! |
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| 4.
Take
this Week's ITMPI Reader's Survey on Software Measurement! |
| All
survey respondents who answer all survey questions will
be eligible to win a Dell laptop at the end of each month!
Composite results of this week's survey will be published
in a future issue. |
| Please
click here to take this week's survey on software measurement
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| 5.
Site of the Week |
| Sticky
Minds: Brain Food for Building Better Software |
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| 6.
Book
of the Week |
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| Software
Metrics: Best Practices for Successful IT Management
by Paul Goodman |
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| From
the Author: " 'Software Metrics: Best Practices for
Successful Management' will give you a comprehensive introduction
to the subejct area. Beyond this, the book provides a wealth
of useful case study information and gives a wide range
of useful, practical measurement models, based on years
of experience across many industry sectors, that you can
start to use today. This book is unique in that, as well
as giving the technical, subject background necessary to
make software metrics work, it presents a full lifecycle
for measurement program development and implementation.
This lifecycle breaks the whole, complicated problem of
getting a measurement program up and running into manageable
phases; each one defined and described in detail with easy
to follow descriptions." |
| Click
Here to Read More or to Buy the Book! |
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| 7.
Archives |
| Special
Edition! Interview with Dr. Michael Cusumano, MIT Sloan
School of Management |
| Special
Edition! Interview with Dr. Herb Krasner, University of
Texas and Krasner Consulting |
| Special
Edition! Interview with Capers Jones, Chief Scientist Emeritus
of SPR |
| Special
Edition! Interview with Joseph McMakin, former CIO of Air
Products and Chemicals |
| Special
Edition! Interview with Tom Love, CEO and Author of Software
Pilots |
| Standard
Software Processes: 3 Easy Pieces for Getting You Started! |
| Software
Estimation: What You Can Do To Make a Difference TODAY! |
| Special
Edition! How Six Sigma Applies to Software Development and
IT |
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| 8.
Call
to Papers!
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| CAI is announcing a call to papers and presentations on the theme of "Performance and Measurement in Software Development and Maintenance." Suggested topic areas covered include Productivity, Project Management, Estimation, Measurement, Requirements Management, Risk Management, Process Definition, Process Improvement, Benchmarking, Future Technologies, and more! Due date for all proposals is October 31, 2005. |
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Here For More Details! |
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| 9.
FAQ |
| What
is the IT Metrics & Productivity Journal? |
| The
IT Metrics and Productivity Journal is a FREE weekly eZine
that covers Best Practices in Software Development, Software
Maintenance, and Software Management. |
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| What
specifically does the Journal offer? |
| Each
week you will receive 3 articles on any of our 5 main theme
areas (Process, Metrics, Estimation, IT Governance, Education
and Training) along with easy to read abstracts plus related
website recommendations, book reviews, interviews with world
IT leaders, and even promotional giveaways. |
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| OK.
I'm interested. How do I subscribe? |
| If
you would like to receive a free issue of the IT Metrics
and Productivity Journal each week and are not already a
subscriber please register at the link below (Register today
and you'll be eligible for a free iPod Mini!). |
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| Is
there a way to get more information? |
| For
more information on software best practices, CAI, or the
IT Metrics and Productivity Institute please contact Mike Milutis, the
IT Metrics & Productivity Journal Editor, at:
michael_milutis@compaid.com |
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| Who
is the Journal's Sponsor? |
| This
issue of the IT Metrics and Productivity Journal is sponsored
by CAI, world leader in IT performance, productivity, and
process. |
| www.compaid.com
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For
more information on software best practices, CAI, or the
ITMPI please contact Michael Milutis, the
IT Metrics and Productivity Journal Editor, at michael_milutis@compaid.com |
