Quality metrics
“Quality Metrics” is an output for the process “Plan quality management”.
A quality metric specifically describes a project or product attribute and how the control quality process will measure it. A measurement is an actual value. The tolerance defines the allowable variations to the metric. For example, if the quality objective is to stay within the approved budget by ñ 10%, the specific quality metric is used to measure the cost of every deliverable and determine the percent variance from the approved budget for that deliverable. Quality metrics are used in the perform quality assurance and control quality processes. Some examples of quality metrics include on-time performance, cost control, defect frequency, failure rate, availability, reliability, and test coverage.
“Quality Metrics” is an input for the process “Perform Quality assurance”.
The quality metrics provide the attributes that should be measured and the allowable variations.
“Quality Metrics” is an input for the process “Control Quality “.
Some examples of quality metrics include: function points, mean time between failure (MTBF), and mean time to repair (MTTR).
This definition was found in the PMBOK V5
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