Supercharging QA: The Power of Metrics 

Last month in Executive Brief, I defined how to identify and exploit Quality Checkpoints. As mentioned, a simple definition of quality checkpoints is an opportunity within a project sub-process to identify and remove defects or “bugs.” These defects may be found through walkthroughs, reviews or testing.

Quality checkpoints, however, are only the beginning when it comes to quality assurance. Once checkpoints have been identified within the project life cycle, these checkpoints can then be used to extract objective metrics data. A client once dubbed this end product the “Metrics Report Card” – an opportunity to use…