Add pattern for discussion: first steps with metrics

This pattern aims at discussing the process to start
measuring the inner source initiative from a
quantitative point of view.

Author: dicortazar

introducing-metrics-in-innersource.md

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+# Title
+
+Introducing Metrics in the InnerSource Initiative
+
+# Context
+
+An organization is applying InnerSource. This needs to check the
+current status and if some of the expected outcomes are starting
+to work.
+
+
+# Problem
+
+This organization may already have qualitative feedback from the
+involved teams, but desire more objective information focused
+on development activities.
+
+The organization does not really know where to start measuring
+things or what are the key parameters to measure.
+
+
+# Forces
+
+People do not like to be tracked or measured.
+
+There is not a proper monitoring infrastructure for the software
+development process and this is hard to build or to get funding
+for this.
+
+There is not a culture of software development metrics.
+
+Metrics are usually misunderstood if people have not received any
+training on those.
+
+
+# Solution
+
+Bring developers, middle managers and C-level to have a discussion
+about metrics.
+
+Let developers and middle managers know that these metrics or KPIs
+are not focused on tracking their personal performance, but to compare
+if the initiative is currently working as expected.
+
+Have specific training on the topic of metrics and good practices
+to use them.
+
+Bring specific discussions on the metrics to be used avoiding per
+developer granularity or at least anonymizing that info.
+
+
+# Resulting Context
+
+The organization builds a monitoring infrastructure where the agreed
+metrics will be the ones to be used.
+
+Those metrics will help C-level to understand the current situation
+of the project and this will help to compare the status before
+applying inner source and after applying the inner source initiative.
+
+Those metrics will help middle management to understand how the
+initiative evolves and help them with their daily work.
+
+Those metrics will help developers to understand how the initiative
+evolves and help them with their daily work.
+
+
+# Known Instances
+
+
+# Authors
+
+- Daniel Izquierdo
+
+# Acknowledgement
+
+
+
+# State
+
+Early Idea