This paper will describe the application of time metrics to developers using the Shlaer-Mellor Method. It will cover what should be measured, how to conduct these measurements, and how the Shlaer-Mellor Method influences these numbers. The paper also includes some sample results we have collected. These are intended to provide a framework so that an organization can implement their own measurement program. They are not intended to provide a set of numbers carved in stone that each group should be measured against. Project Technology has seen that the time numbers vary among groups and projects; however, within a specific project the time measures are consistent for each step of the method.
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