Codermetrics

Appendix A. Codermetrics Quick Reference

The following is a table of all the metrics introduced in this book.

Table A-1. Codermetrics quick reference

Metric	Description	Formula
Points	Measure the overall productivity of each coder on assigned tasks	Points = Sum (Complexity for all completed tasks)
Utility	Measure how many assigned tasks each coder completes	Utility = Number of tasks completed
Power	Measure the average complexity of the tasks that a coder completes	Power = Points / Utility
Assists	Measure the amount of coder interruptions and how much a coder helps others	Assists = Sum (Interrupts) + Sum (Helps)
Temperature	Measure how “hot” or “cold” a coder is at any given time	Start with Temperature = 72; thereafter Temperature = Previous Temperature × (Current Points / Previous Points)
O-Impact	Provide a single “Offensive Impact” number that summarizes the contributions of a coder in moving projects along	O-Impact = Points + Utility + Assists
Saves	Measure how often a coder helps fix urgent production issues	Saves = Number of Product Issues with the highest Severity that a coder helps fix
Tackles	Measure how many potential issues or opportunities a coder handles proactively	Tackles = Number of Pluses where coder demonstrates initiative or innovation
Range	Measure how many areas of software a coder works on	Range = Number of Areas Worked by a coder
D-Impact	Provide a single “Defensive Impact” number that summarizes the contributions of a coder in helping to avoid large problems	D-Impact = (Saves + Tackles) × Range ...