If you need answers to these kinds of questions, you need measurement and analysis:

• How well are we meeting schedules and budgets?
• How can we help our performance improvement efforts pay off?
• How does our organization's performance compare to other organizations' performances?
• What software practices or technologies should our organization invest in and what yields can we expect?
• Has our performance really improved?

Developing and sustaining a measurement and analysis program can be divided into three primary activities:

1. Planning for measurement
2. Implementing your plan
3. Improving and evaluating your efforts