You can’t improve what you can’t measure. Alan’s software process framework architecture has metrics in mind to capture where you are spending money by activity, by project phase/segment, by system part, by project, by life cycle phase, and the actual cost of rework. Alan’s process approach also quantifies the cost of quality throughout your life cycle and quantifies document production costs. Central to metrics is the role of the inspection procedure to quantify the benefits of defect prevention and defect detection. Early defects are cheaper to fix that later ones. The software process model has built-in metrics collection for metrics presentation.
With or without this process framework approach, Alan can assist you in getting your hands around measuring your processes. Metrics are critical to any process improvement effort.
