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Software Development Metrics
Metrics are a necessary evil. Measurement is easily the least interesting aspect of software development, and yet without it we have little chance of delivering anything useful. But nearly everyone I meet in the software field is at a loss to know what to measure or how to use the measurements. The standard metrics we all learn in school often fail to help us in the real world. Whenever I give a talk about metrics, the room is filled beyond capacity and people stay beyond the allotted time. I’m always surprised, because this isn’t an inherently interesting subject. People need practical metrics that are a fit for their situations. I can’t claim this book will be a fun read, but I do think it fills a gap that sorely needs to be filled. This book approaches the topic differently than others. It’s neither an academic study of metrics nor a survey of existing literature nor a sales pitch for metrics intended to accompany a published software-delivery framework. Rather, it’s processagnostic and offers advice to help you recognize how the work flows in your organization, regardless of labels and buzzwords, so you can choose or create metrics that can help you steer development work toward a goal or quantify the effects of improvement efforts. The book doesn’t ask you to change your organization; it’s meant to help you survive in the organization as it currently exists. It doesn’t suggest what you should measure, but rather what you can measure in light of present organizational realities.