Software Quality: From metrics to habits
In this insightful article, Flavien Huynh suggests setting up quality metrics for teams on five levels and links to other articles that give more context to each level.
On top of that, Antoine Craske gives an overview of the 5 New Metrics For Quality at Speed Test Automation.
Top QA Metrics for Software Quality
Short on ideas for quality metrics? Prashant Kumar got you covered. Not only he explained what the good traits of a metric are, but also listed out 34 of them. That's a lot of inspiration!
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Team Workload Metrics: What are they good for?
Continuing the great series, Angela Riggs describes metrics that can help you assess your team's workload and capacity.
Make sure to check out the follow-up reads on Measuring Workload To Articulate Pain-Points and Workload Metrics Baby Steps.
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Engineering Metrics: 12 Pitfalls
Engineering metrics are great but only if done right. Here are the common pitfalls that Mojtaba Hosseini has seen in his career.
A good follow-up read to that is A View of Metrics and Measurement by Jay Trommer.
Testing Metrics: Are You Really Sure about the Quality of Your Product?
There's a lot to learn from this comprehensive overview of various software testing metrics by Andrey Ostapenko where he describes what type of metrics can be used and how they can be measured using various formulas and analytics.
A Guide to the top 20 QA metrics that matter
Not all metrics are equal, nor are all of them applicable to every situation. But if you're looking for inspiration, Shreya Bose shares a lot of great examples.
Following up on that, Amy Reichert wrote about The top 5 agile QA metrics to improve your testing.
Key QA Metrics: How to Calculate, Implement, and Use Them Effectively
Yulia Shaifele describes three different QA metrics and gives advice on what to measure and how to implement them.
However, sometimes no metric will tell you as much as users do. That's why Preethi Warrier wrote about The Secret to Better QA: Think Like a User.
Michael Küsters advises on how to use a metrics system and warns against the common pitfalls.
Interested in some examples? Angela Riggs wrote a great overview of Service Level Metrics.
Having good metrics is often a key to improving the quality of your product and services. But they may also be misleading, as Martin Ivison explains.
