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Software Metrics

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Course Length - 2 Days
 
Course Description

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the basics of software metrics and how to establish a software metrics program.

 
  
Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course the 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
 
  
You Will Learn How To:
  • Identify your software metrics customers
  • Utilize the Goal/Question/Metric paradigm to select metrics that align with the organizational, project and process goals of those customers
  • Consider the human issues of implementing a measurement system and metric do’s and don’ts
 
  

Who Should Attend?

Software measurement and metrics specialists, project managers, functional managers, testers, quality engineering, developers, and other software project stakeholders involved in selecting, designing, implementing and utilizing software metrics and measures to obtain information about their software products, processes, services and projects.

 
  
Format

This course is taught through lecture and interactive discussion. Actual examples from the software industry are utilized to make the information relevant. Throughout this course, learned skills are practiced using team exercises. The emphasis of this course is on techniques that allow the attendees to transition the skills learned in this course to their own work environments .