Project Managers Should Know the Top 10 Software Development Metrics

Md Ashikquer Rahman
8 min readFeb 19, 2022

As an important part of software delivery, program development requires constant attention to every detail by all team members. Any slight code-level defect can affect the overall project progress and product quality. According to relevant research statistics, after the development of conventional projects, only one-third of the software is considered to have successfully achieved the expected functions and performance, while the other software is either considered to have problems or is considered to be a complete failure.

Project Managers Should Know the Top 10 Software Development Metrics
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As we all know, the main reasons behind the failure of software projects include: various product defects, ambiguity in requirements, insufficient product testing, invalid code in the program, and other performance problems. Often, measuring the productivity of a software product development team is one of the key ways to prevent project failure. There are many metrics related to software development that can be used to measure team productivity. Below, let us discuss in detail the key indicators that can help us identify risks in software projects as early as possible, so as to avoid software failures later.

1. Customer Satisfaction

Customer satisfaction is a key metric for measuring the productivity of software development teams. The cool…

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Md Ashikquer Rahman

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