First presentation today was about code metrics. Sure, he threw the word agile in the title, and it had some relevance, but at the end of the day, the talk was about metrics. The presenter was Neal Ford, and he was pretty good. I had mixed expectations coming into this talk - I wasn't sure if it was going to be a lot of crazy math and theories. It turned out to be a really good look at some meaningful metrics, and more evidence against KLOC.

Some interesting points:

Some useful metrics:

My "grand-boss" has been on a hunt for metrics, and KLOC and Feature Points have come up a lot. I'm hoping maybe with this newfound knowledge, I can help steer him away from those outdated metrics... Wish me luck!