BP-C.5: Monitor quality

This practice concerns all phases of the project, starting the development phase.

The practice applies to all projects.

3.7 Monitoring of quality parameters

1. Identify and operationalize relevant quality parameters that require continuous monitoring
   
   1. Establish a registry for the monitored parameters. Prefer fewer core parameters rather than several, but non-essential ones.
   2. Define the measurement method(s) and thresholds. Provide justifications for each parameter, method(s) and threshold.
   3. Assign responsibility for monitoring.
   4. Measure the effectiveness of each monitored parameter.
   5. If feasible, use automation to collect the values of the parameters
   6. If the monitoring requires too much effort, review and revise the registry of monitored parameters
2. Interpret the values and provide a reaction to them
   
   1. Elaborate contingency procedures to be applied if a parameter exceeds its threshold

1. Inappropriate parameters are monitored
   
   1. The team cannot properly react to anomalies in parameter values.
2. Monitoring requires too much effort from the team
   
   1. There are too many parameters monitored
   2. Methods of collecting the parameters' values are not adequate.
   3. The team's velocity decreases.