Goal Question Metrics

David Castro
Jordi Piguillem
Ferran Recio
Freddy Vergara
 Resources
 Software Modeling and measurement: the
Goal/Question/Metric Paradigm
− Victor R. Basili
− 1992
 Goal Question Metric Paradigm
− Victor R. Basili
− 1994
 Introduction
 Mechanism for defining and interpreting
software measurement
 Helps in the understanding and control of
the software
 Variety of software metrics
 GQM Paradigm
 Originally developed for NASA project's
 For organizations:
− specifies the goals for itself and its projects
− define this goals operationally
− provide a framework for interpreting the data
understand the goals
 Define & evaluate a set of operational
goals, using measurement.
GQM Expanded to a larger Context

 The Quality Improvement Paradigm

 Steps
− Planning: Goal setting step. Quantifiable
goals
− Execution:Executing processes, constructing
products, provide feedback
− Analysis: Recommendations for future,
determine problems
GQM Expanded to a larger Context

 The Experience Factory

 Organizational approach for building
Software
− Improve our project analysing several other
projects
− Expand our level of feedback
 Measurement Models Levels
 Conceptual Level (Goal)
− Products
− Processes
− Resources
 Measurement Models Levels
 Operational Level (Question)
− Characterize the way the achievement of a
specific goal is going to be performed
 Measurement Models Levels
 Quantitative Level (Metric)
− Objective
 LOC
 Time for development
 Number of errors
− Subjective (scales)
 Degree of use
 Programmers Experience
 GQM approach
 The goal is only as well-defined as the
questions it generates.
 GQM Process
1.Define Goals
2.Generating questions that define goals
3.Specify the measures
4.Develop mechanisms for data collection
5.Validating and analyzing the data
(feedback)
 Define Goals
 A goal has 3 coordinates
− Issue (e.g. Timeliness)
− Object (e.g. Change request processing)
− Viewpoint (e.g. Project Manager)
 And a Purpose
− Purpose (e.g. Improve)
Example
 Future Directions (1994)
 Be used by several organizations
 Full o partially automated support
 Support goal creation
 Models have to be easily modified
 Data collected automatically
 Future Nowadays
 GQM is still referenced
 Focused in automated process
− http://www-ivs.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/sw-
eng/us/java/GQM/
 Books
− Metrics and Models in Software Quality
Engineering (2008)
− Applied Software Measurement (2003)
Thanks!