Specifying Process Views for a Measurement, Evaluation, and Improvement Strategy

Table 3

GOCAME core activities and main output artifacts.

Activities (A.)	Subactivities	Artifacts (Work Products)
A.1 Define Nonfunctional requirements	Subactivities include (i) establish information need; (ii) specify project context; (iii) select a concept model.; Note that these (and below) subactivities can in turn be broken down in new ones—see [6] for more details.	Nonfunctional requirements specification (this artifact is composed of (i) information need specification; (ii) context specification; (iii) nonfunctional requirements tree)
A.2 Design the measurement	Subactivities include (i) establish entity (optional); (ii) assign one metric to each attribute.	Metrics specification
A.3 Implement the measurement	Subactivities include (i) establish entity; (ii) measure attributes	Measure values
A.4 Design the evaluation	Subactivities include (i) identify elementary indicators; (ii) identify partial and global indicators.	Indicators specification (this artifact is composed of (i) elementary indicators specification; (ii) partial/global indicators specification)
A.5 Implement the evaluation	Subactivities include (i) calculate elementary indicators; (ii) calculate partial and global indicators	Indicator values
A.6 Analyze and recommend	Subactivities include (i) design the analysis; (ii) implement the analysis; (iii) elaborate the conclusion report; (iv) perform recommendations.	Conclusion/recommendation report (this artifact is composed of (i) analysis specification; (ii) analysis report; (iii) conclusion report; (iv) recommendations report)