Measuring the requirements management key process area

The purpose of this paper is to provide software measurements for implementation of the goals of the Requirements Management Key Process Area (KPA) of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), and to ease the adoption of the KPA. The paper also provides practical guidance for people trying to implement the Requirements Management KPA. The CMM, developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is not well supported by software measurement and it is somewhat complex. An application of the Goal/Question/Metric (GQM) paradigm to the Requirements Management KPA is therefore presented. The metrics obtained will help immature companies to satisfy the goals of the Requirements Management