Let's face it.
Measurements are boring.
No matter how interesting the subject being measured might seem, measurements are just numbers, and a parade of numbers across any paper is bound to make most people stifle a yawn or two. Turn the page. Look for more pictures. The purpose of this article is not to teach what metrics are or how to use them. We will demonstrate how, in an F-16 software project at Hill Air Force Base, we turned measurements into metrics, how we used those metrics to improve the way we do business, and how this process altered our ways of thinking.