Practical Evaluation of an Organizational Memory Using the Goal-Question-Metric Technique
Author(s) -
Markus Nick,
Carsten Tautz
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
lecture notes in computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 400
eISSN - 1611-3349
pISSN - 0302-9743
ISBN - 3-540-65658-8
DOI - 10.1007/10703016_9
Subject(s) - computer science , metric (unit) , set (abstract data type) , knowledge management , core (optical fiber) , organizational memory , software engineering , process management , engineering management , engineering , organizational learning , operations management , telecommunications , programming language
Companies are recognizing the increasing importance of investing in the build-up of core competencies for their competitiveness. This is supported by the set-up and maintenance of an organizational memory. To justify such an investment, it must be evaluated according to the business case. Our evaluation approach uses the Goal-Question-Metric technique to systematically develop a measurement program for the evaluation of an experience base (an organizational memory for software engineering knowledge). Our approach has been applied to a publicly accessible WWW-based experience base for CBR systems, which supports the development of CBR systems. The measurement program not only helped evaluate the system but also provided guidance for the development of the system.
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