A practical methodology for measurement deployment in GQM

This paper reports our recent experience in deploying software measurements in GQM for supporting quantitative software engineering. A software engineering measurement system (SEMS) is developed and used to enhance the metrics layer of GQM, and a methodology for integrating GQM and SEMS is described. A supporting tool, the software engineering measurement expert system tool (SEMEST), for implementing the deployment methodology, is developed. By enhancing GQM with SEMS, the software industry may carry out a GQM-based measurement project more efficiently and effectively. Experimental data in measurement can also be compared and benchmarked among projects and organizations.