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From: jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: use of metrics
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.201655.12088@netcom.COM>
Date: 7 Jun 91 20:16:55 GMT
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>BUT you cannot automagically collect data which is invisible.  Kindly explain
>to me how a simple tool will determine the amount of unpaid (unrecorded) time
>spent?

Duration of login?

>Or decide how much of the 40 hours spent on error correction last week
>was spent on each of the 17 error fixes that were performed?  This is highly
>valuable data for the project metrics program, and it only comes from humans.  

Well, an integrated CM system that ties work orders to check-out/check-in of
compilation units does a great job of automating the collection of this
data. I know where you can buy such a system if you're interested.
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