Metrics and the desire to measure things (especially in software testing) is often used and abused. The craft is rife with misplaced, misunderstood, and at times dangerous measures. In particular, a recent post entitled “5 examples of metrics that matter” goes some way to support fallacies in the software testing space (http://blog.softed.com/2014/04/28/5-examples-of-metrics-that-matter/).
What follows is a series of five explanations as to why these metrics miss their mark.
Hello Test World 