Artifact: Measurement Requirements
This work product captures the high level requirements for the performance measurement system. It describes "what" specific measures are being captured at the three levels and "why" they are being captured. It also documents any measurement infrastructure or process requirements.
Domains: Software Capability Improvement
Purpose
  • To clarify and document the Business Objectives and Operational Objectives
  • To document the Business and Operational Measures
  • To document a list of prioritized practices
  • To document the practice metrics
  • To document the measurement infrastructure requirements
  • To document the measurement process requirements
Relationships
Description
Brief Outline
  • Business Objectives - a list of the relevant business objectives with a brief explanation of why each is important
  • Business Measures - a brief description of the business measures.
  • Operational Objectives - a list of operational objectives that support the Business Objectives
  • Operational Measures - the measures that give proof to the Operational Objectives are described
  • Prioritized Practices - a list of the practices that are required to be implemented to achieve the Operational objectives.
  • Define Practice Metrics - measures defined for each of the practices
  • Value Traceability Tree - Business objectives are traced to operational objectives and then to practices.
  • Measurement Infrastructure Requirements - requirements for the Measurement Infrastructure are identified, (i.e. Rational Insight will be used the data collection and reporting environment).
  • Measurement Process Requirements - requirements related to the entire measurement process are detailed, (i.e. stakeholders, vision, high level use cases).
Tailoring
Impact of not havingThis is a critical artifact and without it the measures being gathered would have no context.
Reasons for not needingThis individual artifact could be combined with the Measurement Requirements, Measurement Specifications and the Measurement Process Model into a Measurement Plan.
Representation OptionsThis information is normally captured in a word processing document, but it could also be maintained in a Requirement Management tool.