ICS2002-12-03: Comparing personal project metrics to support process and product improvement - C. Aschwanden, A. Kagawa

Writing high quality software with a minimum of effort is an importantthing to learn. Various personal metric collection processes exist, such asPSP and Hackystat. However, using the personal metric collection processesgives only a partial indication of how a programmer stands amongst hispeers. Personal metrics vary greatly amongst programmers and it is notalways clear what is the "correct" way to develop software. This paper compares personal programming characteristics of students in a class environment. Metrics, such as CK Metrics, have been analyzed and compared against a set of similar students in an attempt to find the correct or accepted value for these metrics. It is our belief that programmers can gain much, if not, more information from comparing their personal metrics against other programmers. Preliminary results show that people with more experience in programming produce different metrics than those with less.

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