Add to ORKGMeasurement is a necessary prerequisite for software process improvement. However, few guidelines exist for systematic planning of measurement programs within software projects. We advocate beginning with goal-oriented measurement as expressed in the GQM paradigm. When applying GQM, meaningful refinement of measurement goals requires a deep understanding of the organization’s software development processes. Software process modeling can act as a means to gain this understanding. We provide guidelines that state how software processes should be modeled in order to support the introduction of measurement in a software project. The process models are used to derive non-intrusive data collection procedures that satisfy the needs of multiple mea...