Software Process And Measurement Cast

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 99! The Seven Deadly Sins popularized by Dante have been used as an analogy for a fallen man’s tendency to sin and as analogy for the ills or risks of many professions.  The analogy fits as well for software metrics; focusing attention on the behaviors that could sap your program’s integrity, effectiveness and life span. This paper looks at a set of deadly sins from the point of view of a person or group that is creating or managing a metrics program.  The preamble . . . The Seven Deadly Sins of Metrics Programs: Pride – Believing that a single number / metric is more important than any other factor. Envy – Instituting measures that facilitate the insatiable desire for another team’s people, tools or applications. Wrath – Using measures to create friction between groups or teams. Sloth – Unwillingness to act or care about the measures you create. Greed – Allowing metrics to be used as a tool to game the system for gain. Gluttony – Collecting data for data'