Most General Metrics

What are the most general metrics?

Requirements Management

Metrics Collected

1. Requirements by state – Accepted, Rejected, Postponed

2. No. of baselined requirements

3. Number of requirements modified after base lining

Derived Metrics

1. Requirements Stability Index (RSI)

2. Requirements to Design Traceability

Project Management

Metrics Collected	Derived Metrics
1. Planned No. of days 2. Actual No. of days	1. Schedule Variance
1. Estimated effort 2. Actual Effort	1. Effort Variance
1. Estimated Cost 2. Actual Cost	1. Cost Variance
1. Estimated Size 2. Actual Size	1. Size Variance

Testing & Review

Metrics Collected

1. No. of defects found by Reviews

2. No. of defects found by Testing

3. No. of defects found by Client

4. Total No. of defects found by Reviews

Derived Metrics

1.Overall Review Effectiveness (ORE)

2.Overall Test Effectiveness

Peer Reviews

Metrics Collected

1. KLOC / FP per person hour (Language) for Preparation

2. KLOC / FP per person hour (Language) for Review Meeting

3. No. of pages / hour reviewed during preparation

4. Average number of defects found by Reviewer during Preparation

5. No. of pages / hour reviewed during Review Meeting

6. Average number of defects found by Reviewer during Review Meeting

7. Review Team Size Vs Defects

8. Review speed Vs Defects

9. Major defects found during Review Meeting

10. Defects Vs Review Effort

Derived Metrics

1.Review Effectiveness (Major)

2.Total number of defects found by reviews for a project

Other Metrics

Metrics Collected

1.No. of Requirements Designed

2.No. of Requirements not Designed

3.No. of Design elements matching Requirements

4.No. of Design elements not matching Requirements

5.No. of Requirements Tested

6.No. of Requirements not Tested

7.No. of Test Cases with matching Requirements

8.No. of Test Cases without matching Requirements

9.No. of Defects by Severity

10. No. of Defects by stage of - Origin, Detection, Removal

Derived Metrics

1.Defect Density

2.No. of Requirements Designed Vs not Designed

3.No. of Requirements Tested Vs not Tested

4.Defect Removal Efficiency (DRE)