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The life of a software project
does not end after the initial development. In most cases there are
enhancement, support and process
improvement issues that have to be addressed.
Some uses and benefits of software metrics
during project construction:
- Monitoring Functional Creep
Software metrics provides project management with an objective tool by
which the size of a project can be monitored over its lifecycle.
- Assessing and Prioritizing
Rework
Project managers can objectively and quantitatively measure the
scope and impact of a change request during project development and
estimate the impact on the project's schedule and costs. This immediate
feedback to the user on the impact of the rework allows them to evaluate
and prioritize requests.
Some uses and benefits of software metrics after software
implementation:
- Planning Support Resources and
Budgets
The amount of support resources required for an application is related to
the application's size. This will allow management to confidently
budget for the deployment of support resources.
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Benchmarking
The function point count developed can be used to provide input
on productivity and quality performance indicators. These can then be
compared to those of other in-house development teams and implementation
environments. It will enable the identification of best practices
throughout your organization and comparison to external industry data.
This external data is readily in the ISBSG
Repository.
- Planning New Releases
Software metrics can assist the project manager to plan and group
change requests for each new release of
the application.
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