The SCRUM Blog: February 2007

Thursday, February 22, 2007

5 Essentials for Software Development Metrics

5 Essentials for software development metrics

#1 - MEANINGFUL

#2 - UP-TO-DATE

#3 - UNOBTRUSIVE

#4 - EMPIRICAL

#5 - ACTIONABLE

We will be getting in more depth about software development and key metrics in a post soon to come. In the mean time, please browse our more recent posts that address project management and scrum.

Standard Progress Reporting & Tracking

The timeline, parking lot, productivity, burn rate, burndown chart, testing, and attrition rate are all important things when dealing in scrum. This original article has been taken down because we have started this blog over with new weekly posts about scrum and all of the things dealing with implementation, execution, and evaluation. Please feel free to comment or email things that you are interested in reading about.

About the Author

My name is Sean McHugh, one of the Scrum Masters at Axosoft, who make OnTime, scrum software. I work with customers who are brand new to Scrum and experienced customers who are beginning to implement a scrum project management software solution for their development teams. I get a chance to work with teams from around the world, who each have their own unique challenges and solutions. I am constantly learning and I love to share my thoughts and experiences with the Scrum community at large.