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