Table 9 Measures Checklist

Item: Measures      Measure Evaluated:________________

 1. The operational definition of the measure is correct and satisfactory

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

      The operational definition of the measure correctly includes:

       1.1 Measure Definition

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.2 Measured Entity

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.3 Measured Element

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.4 Measure Unity

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.5 Scale Type

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.6 Scale Values

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.7 Expected Interval for the Data

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.8 Formula(s) (if applicable)

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.9 Precise Description of the Measurement Procedure

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.10 Responsible for the Measurement

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.11 Measurement Moment

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.12 Measurement Periodicity

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.13 Precise Description of the Measurement Analysis Procedure (if necessary)

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.14 Responsible for the Measurement Analysis (if necessary)

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.15 Measurement Analysis Moment (if necessary)

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       1.16 Measurement Analysis Periodicity (if necessary)

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

2. The measure is aligned to the projects goals and/or organization goals

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

The measure is associated to:

       2.1 Organizational goals

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

       2.2 Project goals

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

 3. The results of the measure analysis are relevant for making decisions

S

D

NE

 4. The results of the measure analysis are useful to process improvement

S

D

NE

 5. The measure is related to the performance of a process (directly or indirectly)

S

D

NE

 6. The measure is related to a critical process (directly or indirectly)

S

D

NE

 7. The correlated measures are defined

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

 8. The correlated measures are valid

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

 9. The measure has appropriate granularity level

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

 10. It is possible to normalize the measure (if applicable)

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

 11. The measure is correctly normalized (if applicable)

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

 12. The data grouping criteria for the measure analysis are defined

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE

 13. The measure does not consider aggregated data

S

LS

RS

PS

D

NE