Measures

Orit Hazzan, Yael Dubinsky

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Abstract

There is a consensus that the performance, controlControl and managementManagement of every process and activity can be improved using measures to monitor them. The agile approach promotes a constant tracking during the entire project. Further, the tracker role includes the responsibility to define and refine the measures, data collection, and measure presentation. Some measures are presented daily, like the daily progress within the iteration; some measures are presented each iteration, like the iteration progress within the release; yet, other measures are presented every release, like customer level of satisfaction or product testability. When measures are addressed on a regular basis, all teammates and stakeholders can view them, give feedback, and suggest measure refinements. Thus, their understanding of the project is improved, their accountability for the project deliverables is fostered, project transparency is increased, and cognitive complexity is reduced. We answer the following questions as they are expressed in agile projects: (1) Why are measuresMeasuresquestions about needed? (2) Who decides what is measured? (3) What should be measured? (4) When are measures taken? (5) How are measures taken? (6) Who does take measure? (7) How are measures used?.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringerBriefs in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Pages37-42
Number of pages6
Edition9783319101569
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameSpringerBriefs in Computer Science
Number9783319101569
Volume0
ISSN (Print)2191-5768
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5776

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, The Author(s).

Keywords

  • Accountability
  • Data collection
  • Measure refinements
  • Measures
  • The tracker role
  • Tracking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science

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