Interpretation of R & D effectiveness measurement framework

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Read this article and you'll get ：

1、 What constitutes the R & D effectiveness measurement framework ？

2、 Split and interpret the R & D efficiency measurement framework

3、 Research and development efficiency measurement infrastructure construction reform how to do

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Author's brief introduction ：

Ren Jinglei

, Doctor, Department of computer science, Tsinghua University , A former researcher at Microsoft Research Asia , At Stanford University 、 Carnegie Mellon University as a visiting scholar . In the software system 、 He has been engaged in frontier research for many years in the field of software engineering , Several papers were published in FSE、OSDI And other top international academic conferences ; Actively contribute to the open source community , The code is used by a wide range of open source projects by multiple users ; Also participated in the design and implementation of major engineering projects of Microsoft . Now it is a Silicon Valley technology company Merico Founder and CEO, Focus on the development of code base analysis technology , Measure the contribution of programmers to software development activities , Software engineering management and talent management serving global enterprises .

Software R & D performance measurement is a systematic work . The three most important elements are consensus on goals 、 Cognition of the status quo and the path from the status quo to the goal . They can use three “E”、“C”（cognition, cognition ） and “I”（improvment, improvement ） To represent the , Co constitute

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Software R & D effectiveness measurement framework , Here's the picture .

chart 1： Software R & D effectiveness measurement framework

2.  Frame interpretation

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The framework can be abstracted as a concise publicity ： Efficiency of the  =  cognition  +  improvement . The following is divided into three parts .

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2.1  Definition and objectives of R & D effectiveness

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Industry pairs “ Software R & D efficiency ” There are many definitions , It can be summarized as the following three E, It is also the ultimate goal of efficiency improvement .

●Effectiveness  effect . Software R & D activities should be user value and business value oriented .

●Efficiency  efficiency . Software can be delivered faster, better and cheaper .

●Excellence  Excellent . The software development process passes through healthy 、 In a sustainable way .

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2.2  Recognition of R & D effectiveness

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In order to achieve the goal of R & D efficiency , First of all, we need to have a clear understanding of the current situation of team R & D effectiveness , And improve the team's understanding of R & D effectiveness . We summarize the five cognitive domains of R & D effectiveness measurement ：

● Deliver value , Recognize the effect of software R & D and delivery needs on users or businesses .

● Delivery rate , Recognize the speed of software R & D and delivery requirements .

● Delivery quality , Recognize the quality of software R & D delivery requirements .

● Ability to deliver , Recognize the sustainability of software R & D delivery needs .

● Cost of delivery , Recognize the cost of software development and delivery requirements .

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2.3  Improvement of R & D efficiency

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On the basis of cognition , We need to achieve efficiency goals through improvement . The process of improvement can be summarized as MARI loop （ pronounce as “ Code Rui ”）,

namely Measure Measure  - Analyze analysis  - Review review  - Improve improvement .

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Improved R & D efficiency MARI loop

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● Measure ： Regardless of any improvement activities , First, we need to combine the actual cognitive needs of the organization and the team , Facing the improvement goal, describe the process and goal through quantitative data , That is, establish metrics . Measurement requires unified data and indicator collection methods .

● analysis ： With quantitative indicators , Using statistical analysis , Trends in data 、 Distribution 、 Correlation and other information , Get a quantitative understanding of the current situation .

● review ： Based on the analysis , To produce “ fruit ”（ result ） Of “ because ”（ Influencing factors ）, Review , Excavate the root causes that affect the results , Locate key issues .

● improvement ： Address key issues , Establish improvement measures that can be implemented , Through adjustment “ because ”（ Influencing factors ）, The final impact “ fruit ”（ The goal is ） Of , And enter the next round of measurement verification .

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These four steps together form a complete optimization iteration . In most cases , Problem improvement requires multiple iterations , Continuously measure the improvement effect , Constantly calibrate the direction and method of improvement .

3.  Framework implementations

The implementation of the framework includes infrastructure construction and the application of methodology . The goal of infrastructure construction is to support the following measurement framework ：

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chart 3： Measure infrastructure construction

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The bottom layer is accessed through DevOps Tool chain , Collect and precipitate various data sources including code , Import into the R & D data Lake . Build further data processing capabilities on the data Lake , And the calculation ability of indicators . These indicators can be flexibly combined into views , Meet users' specific information needs , And form decisions and follow-up actions .

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Infrastructure construction can rely on the power of open source , See

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Medium Dev Lake Open source R & D data platform . The application of methodology can be referred to

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Medium OpenMARI guide , It includes the measurement and analysis methods of some common indicators 、 Typical problems reviewed and typical measures for improvement .

4.  Extended reading

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1、《 Software R & D performance measurement specification 》 Group standards

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OpenMARI Open source index system and efficiency improvement guide

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https://github.com/merico-dev/OpenMARI

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3、Dev Lake Open source R & D data platform ：

https://github.com/merico-dev/lake

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