Measurements

Relationships
Main Description

This set of guidelines describes the essential measures specific to the Requirement Management Practice. These measures are in-process and post-delivery measures and are intended to be applicable to all levels of process maturity. The core measurements are a minimum set of measurements we recommend.

Core Measurements

  • High-Level Requirement Stability - to monitor requirements churn
  • Requirement Defect Count - to measure the effectiveness of Requirement Management practice adoption. If a high percentage of defects are attributed to the Requirement Mangement discipline, then more skills development or increased formality may be necessary.
  • Untraced Requirements - to identifies degree of low level requirements that are not substantiated by the presence of appproved high-level requirements.

Supplementary Measurements