Subjective Practice Adherence Measurement

Text-based practice adherence data collection.

Description

SP-EF includes five subjective adherence measures that can be used in surveys and interviews:

• Usage - How often is this practice applied?
  • Values: not used, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, less than annually.
• Ease Of Use - How easy is this practice to use?
  • Values: Very Low, Low, Nominal, High, Very High.
• Utility - How much does this practice assist in providing security in the software under development?
  • Values: Very Low, Low, Nominal, High, Very High.
• Training - How well trained is the project staff in the practices being used?
  • Values: Very Low, Low, Nominal, High, Very High.
• Effort - How much time, on average, does applying this practice take each time you apply it?
  • Ordinal values: 5 minutes or less, 5-15 minutes, 15-30 minutes, 30-minutes-1 hour, 1-4 hours, 4-8 hours, 1-2 days, 3-5 days, over 5 days
  • Ratio values: hours (fractional allowed)