Artifact: Measurement Process and Procedures
This artifact captures the specifics on the roles, tasks and the artifacts that are required to setup and manage a specific performance measurement system. It captures the details concerning who, what when and how the performance measurement system will operate.
Domains: Software Capability Improvement
Purpose
To document the processes to be used to setup and execute the performance measurement system within a specific software development environment.
Relationships
Description
Brief Outline
  1. Overview of the Performance Measurement Process
    1. Organizational Structure
    2. Performance Measurement System Processes
    3. Software and Hardware Environments
    4. Raw Data Feeds
  2. Common Procedures
    1. Getting Access the Tools
      1. Tool Downloads
      2. User IDs & Passwords
    2. Enablement
      1. Training
      2. Mentoring
      3. Documentation
      4. Support
  3. Project Procedures
    1. Validity of the Raw Data
    2. Gathering
    3. Project Measurement Reports
  4. Program / Portfolio Procedures
    1. Rolling up the Project Measures
    2. Program / Portfolio Reporting
  5. Enterprise Procedures
  6. Maintenance / Administration Procedures
  7. Management Procedures
    1. Validating Project Data
    2. Right Metrics
    3. Right Procedures
    4. Specific Management Procedures
Illustrations
Tailoring
Impact of not havingThis is an essential artifact, without it the setting up and managing of the performance measurement system would be ad hoc.
Representation OptionsThis information is normally captured in a word processing document.