| Productivity metrics is the best way to keep | | | | of cost (effort), quality (rate of defect) |
| a check on your employees. It provides you | | | | and time (schedule) improvement. |
| with a measure of the productivity. | | | | |
| | | | Such productiveness metrics are consistent |
| Balanced Productiveness Metrics or BPM | | | | with the philosophy of balanced scorecards. |
| includes the usage of both qualitative and | | | | Since, such components of productiveness |
| quantitative data that is used to measure | | | | metrics can never be independently observed |
| improvement in productivity and performance. | | | | with relation to offering an assessment of |
| The primary objectives in the formation of | | | | valid productivity. |
| balanced productiveness metrics is improving | | | | |
| the productivity, quality and then finally | | | | Is productiveness metrics similar to balloon |
| reducing the risk through consistent | | | | filling. Balancing TCQ seems similar to |
| procedures. These productiveness metrics | | | | balloon filling. The balloon burst when they |
| primarily focuses on the core measures of SEI | | | | are compressed or filled beyond the |
| CMM (Software Engineering Institute | | | | acceptable limit. If it does not burst and |
| Capability Maturity Model) programs. Apart | | | | the compression is more in an area, the |
| from that it also concentrates on the data | | | | expansion takes place in the other part. |
| accumulated for measuring the improvement in | | | | Similarly, if the time (schedule) of a |
| the processes. | | | | project is compressed beyond the acceptable |
| | | | limit than the outcome can be either failure |
| Multi-dimensional approaches are necessary | | | | or the cost (effort) related to the project, |
| for measuring the improvement in productivity | | | | quality (defects) related to the project and |
| in a method, which also offers an | | | | production are increased in a disproportional |
| appreciation of the factors that concerns | | | | manner that results an increase in the |
| environment and others that influences the | | | | maintenance cost (effort). |
| productivity of the project. | | | | |
| | | | If you take the reverse side of the coin then |
| Advantages of BPM. The Balanced | | | | also you will get the formulated results. |
| Productiveness Metrics methods are utilized | | | | Schedules of the project can also be given a |
| for measuring the efficiency with relation to | | | | boost that can result in the reduction of the |
| the maintenance and development of the | | | | defects and the efforts. However, it might |
| software. Balanced Productiveness Metrics are | | | | not provide the business value that you have |
| devised on the basis of certain management | | | | desired at the time of the formulation of the |
| principles. These management principles used | | | | plan. Henceforth, you require a more balanced |
| in improvement of productivity should be | | | | measurement method for attaining the desired |
| focused on accomplishing a suitable balance | | | | result. |