International Recommended Practice for the Creation of a Basis of Measurement for Software Products and Software Services (English)
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. However, 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, metrics, 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.
Version: 1.0 Published by: Nesma Year of issue: 2014 8 pages ISBN: –