Práctica internacional recomendada para la creación de una base de medición para productos de software y servicios de software (Inglés)

The primary intent of this Recommended Practice is to provide a guideline for the topics and contents to be included in a typical Basis of Measurement. sin embargo, before describing the template contents there are a few points of significance worth noting. A Basis of Measurement should:

• Clearly define the purpose of the measurement program, the intended users and the usage of the measurements by this users;
• Establish the context, scope and constraints of the measurement program;
• Secure the execution of the measurement program and the assimilation of the results within the organizational control processes;
• Clearly define information needs, indicators, métrica, data and measurements including their units of measure;
• Clearly define the entities that will be measured and the corresponding attributes;
• Describe tools, techniques and measurement & analysis methodologies to be used;
• Identify personnel involved in a measurement program and their roles;
• Be factually and complete, but concise.