Software Testing: Principles and Practices

Chapter 17

Test Metrics and Measurements

In this chapter—

• What are metrics and measurements

• Why metrics in testing

• Types of metrics

• Project metrics

• Progress metrics

• Productivity metrics

• Release metrics

• Summary

17.1 WHAT ARE METRICS AND MEASUREMENTS?

 

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All significant activities in a project need to be tracked to ensure that the project is going as per plan and to decide on any corrective actions. The measurement of key parameters is an integral part of tracking. Measurements first entail collecting a set of data. But, raw data ...