Measuring Progress

VISTA™ Process Consulting offers a range of metrics and evaluation tools to assess improvements in software development. Although these metrics vary from organization to organization and are based upon their mission and priorities, examples include:

• Defined open issues assigned for resolution (percentage)
• Open issues resolved (percentage)
• Style Guide non-conformance
• Documentation standard non-conformance
• Code reviews on schedule
• Code utilization from Reuse Library
• Recoding hours reduced (percentage against baseline)
• Code test delays and Lost code
• Project Plan objectives met
• Application development time reductions
• Development cost reductions
• Part returns due to test code reworks
• Warranty reduction (due to code issues)
• Note—Some metrics more quantitative than others

Adding metrics for the right reasons and in the right places will mean your people are measured on their actions with respect to your organization’s objectives and vision. Although many engineering processes in test and measurement organizations are currently ill defined, yours will be understood and your people will respond positively to the clear vision.

• The Vision
• The Implementation
• The Organizational Buy-in
• The Launch
• The Measure of Progress
• The Positive Returns

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