Business Value of (Software Test) Metrics

I was *totally* in the middle of another blog post when I came across the latest from Cem Kaner on context-driven-testing.com and after reading it, I (cognitively speaking) had no choice, but to save that other post as a draft and write this one -- and by that I mean, there's no way I was going to be able to focus on anything else until I got this down and out.

So, click the link below and read the post... no seriously, it's required reading for what I have to say. (Ok, if you want you can start at the line prior to the 2 bullet points about half-way down the screen -- the backstory is optional reading)

Metrics, Ethics, & Context-Driven Testing (Part 2)

Did you read it? No? I mean it. Go. Read. I'll wait.

10 Take Aways from STP Summit on Metrics

I had the pleasure of hosting the third Online Summit, delivered by Software Test Professionals: Deliver Value with Testing Metrics: Move Beyond the Myth.  The online summit format consists of 3 sessions each for 3 consecutive days.  The sessions for this summit were:

• My Testing Metrics Allergy – Dawn Haynes
• The Math Behind the Lies – Doug Hoffman
• Change the Questions for More Valuable Answers  – Scott Barber
• Controversies in Quality Metrics – Yvette Francino
• Telling The Testing Story – Fiona Charles
• More "T" and Less "BS" – Jon Bach
• A New World: Metrics That Really Count – Harry Robinson
• Risk Metrics & Reporting – Julie Gardiner
• Top Take Aways  – Scott Barber  
• Speaker Panel – Scott Barber, Fiona Charles, Jon Bach, Doug Hoffman, Harry Robinson, Yvette Francino

One of my duties as host was to try to summarize the most valuable nuggets of information from across all of the presentations into a "top take aways" list.  This is what I came up with:

Scott's Top 10 Take Aways from: