
Business: The Value Planning Domain ◾ 115
With the GQM method, the number of metrics that need to be collected is
focused on those that correspond to the most important goals. us, data collection
and analysis costs are limited to the metrics that give the best return. On the other
hand, the emphasis on goals and business objectives establishes a clear link to stra-
tegic business decisions and helps in the acceptance of measurements by managers,
team leaders, and engineers.
Mohammad Modarres, professor of mechanical engineering, director of the
Center for Reliability Engineering, and codirector of the Center for Technology
Risk Studies, University ...