http://www.yuwantitwhen.com/blog/2007/09/27/some-thoughts/ Practical methods for successful software management. Thu, 06 May 2010 02:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.yuwantitwhen.com/blog/2007/09/27/some-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Bill Miller Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:21:06 +0000 http://www.yuwantitwhen.com/blog/2007/09/27/some-thoughts/#comment-32 Good points Joe. I hope to address those issues in the next couple of essays. Good points Joe. I hope to address those issues in the next couple of essays.

]]> http://www.yuwantitwhen.com/blog/2007/09/27/some-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Joe Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:00:21 +0000 http://www.yuwantitwhen.com/blog/2007/09/27/some-thoughts/#comment-31 From my experience, the toughests parts of a measurement program are, firstly, determining WHAT EXACTLY you want to measure, and then getting the right data generated to directly speak to this. Many times, only a notional idea of what to measure kicks off the program, and two or three months later you look at the data and end up with one of two comments: "Wait, what are we trying to do again?" or "All this data tells me is that our data entry/collection process stinks." Metrics programs are sometimes tough, but I agree, stick with it. Try it. If what I said above happens to you, don't trash the program; learn from it and improve. That's what metrics are all about. Gradually, you will get there. From my experience, the toughests parts of a measurement program are, firstly, determining WHAT EXACTLY you want to measure, and then getting the right data generated to directly speak to this. Many times, only a notional idea of what to measure kicks off the program, and two or three months later you look at the data and end up with one of two comments: “Wait, what are we trying to do again?” or “All this data tells me is that our data entry/collection process stinks.” Metrics programs are sometimes tough, but I agree, stick with it. Try it. If what I said above happens to you, don’t trash the program; learn from it and improve. That’s what metrics are all about. Gradually, you will get there.

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