Test Metrics and Measurements

It is essential for test professionals to know how their testing project is progressing and what the quality of the product they are testing is. Metrics & Measurements is a key aspect in both project and test management.Gone are those days when metrics was considered a Level-4 or Level-5 requirement in the quality journey that is to say, only matured companies need to follow metrics. Metrics have become the backbone of every organization and have become a de-facto requirement for periodical project reviews of all companies now.

Measures of Test Effectiveness

Conference Plenary at STeP-IN Theme conference: Test Measurements & Metrics (September 2007)
Anita Kahate - SQA / Quality Leader, Reshma Mane - Quality Leader & Gaurav Oberoi - Software Engineer, L&T Infotech.

Today’s enterprises need to conduct thorough functional testing of their mission-critical applications to ensure that all business processes work as expected. Testing requires a significant investment in terms of time and effort. Each year, companies spend hundreds of thousands of hours testing software.

Conventional and Unconventional Dimensions of Metrics in an Outsourced Engagement.

Conference Plenary at STeP-IN Theme Conference: Test Measurements & Metrics (September 2007)
Dr. O. P. Jain - Head, Quality Consulting Practice, L&T Infotech.

Outsourcing of testing services is happening in a big way today. It goes without saying in all outsourcing activities, metrics form an important instrument to determine and depict the success of the outsourcing. We have well defined metrics for the software development life cycle, but can it be directly applied for the testing-only services. Possibly not, and that’s exactly why we have to think of newer dimensions/parameters for measuring the effectiveness across all aspects of testing. We are aware that the engagement metrics would be around schedule and productivity.

Metrics in project level vis-à-vis Metrics at organization level

Paper Presentation at STeP-IN Theme Conference: Test Measurements & Metrics (September 2007)
Suma Mudumbi - Manager, QA, Symphony Software.

Understanding the “Metrics” as a key differentiator to business growth is the main theme of this paper. Most organizations feel that the metrics are related only up to the project level, but this paper would discuss on how the metrics benefits the organization to achieve their goals. The metrics project will include identification of the top metrics required by management to support the organization goals. The top 3 focus areas would be: