IMPLEMENTING MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS

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2007Vol. 14, No. 1IMPLEMENTING MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSISBy Neil Potter and Mary SakryIntroductionThe MEASUREMENT and ANALYSIS (MA) Process Area in theCapability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)* provides asolid infrastructure for IMPLEMENTING a MEASUREMENT this article we will describe the practices of MA and givesome examples of practice PurposeFrom the CMMI text, the purpose of MEASUREMENT and Analysisis to develop and sustain a MEASUREMENT capability that is usedto support management information Specific Goals (SGs) and Specific Practices (SPs) inFigure 1describe the 1 MEASUREMENT objectives and activities are aligned with identifiedinformation needs and Establish and maintain MEASUREMENT objectives that are derived fromidentified information needs and Specify measures to address the MEASUREMENT Specify how MEASUREMENT data will be obtained and Specify how MEASUREMENT data will be analyzed and 2 MEASUREMENT results, which address identified information needs andobjectives, are Obtain specified MEASUREMENT Analyze and interpret MEASUREMENT Manage and store measu

IMPLEMENTING MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS (Continued from page 2) During development, software components and files are completed and handed to the integrators. The integrators check each component against the criteria listed in Figure 3and derive a score. The scores are then charted and communicated back to the …

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