An event level measure is a measure taken at the completion of an event, for
example, definition of a requirement, implementation of an interface, performance
of an inspection, or execution of a test. Most organizations initially collect total
hours at the phase level, that is, total hours in the requirements phase, and therefore
can only monitor and control at the phase level. That means that only at the end
of the Requirements phase can they see how they have done. With measures taken
at the event level, more detailed monitoring and controlling can be done and data
can be used to manage throughout the phase. You don??™t have to wait until the end
of the phase. You can adjust predictions within a phase at the completion of each
event, in some cases, and take corrective actions as appropriate. In addition, event
level measures can be used within different life cycles. For example, the event of
defining a requirement is the same within a waterfall life cycle or within most iterative
life cycles.
Examples of event-level measures are shown in Table 19.
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