Artifact: Measurement Data

Base and derived measurement data gathered from projects according to implemented metric specifications.

Domains: Software Capability Improvement

Purpose

Measurement Data is used to report on the status of a project toward its goals (e.g quality, schedule), expenditures, and other resource consumption. This data is often collected and reported across projects at the program or organizational level.

Relationships

Roles	Responsible: Solution Architect	Modified By: Solution Architect Technical SME
Tasks	Input To:	Output From: Manage the Measurement System

Description

Main Description	The content of this artifact depends on the metrics selected and the technology used for collection and storage.
Brief Outline	In addition to the measurement data, this artifact may also contain the results of measurement data integrity tests.

Tailoring

Representation Options

On smaller projects, project measurements may exist only as reports from the defect tracking system and a spreadsheet to track progress. On larger or more formal projects, there may be a large selection of metrics managed using one or more databases. This may be a distributed work product. For example, the various metrics selected by the Project Manager may be produced by several different tools, with the collection and reporting task being a manual one. Another example: the project's progress may be reported from a project plan that is routinely updated by the Project Manager from status information supplied in spreadsheets by team members.