Metrics - What are they good for?

It's risky to use metrics in your projects. But the risks are often used as an excuse not to use metrics. So what's a good way to use metrics? Hopefully this talks will shed a light on this question.

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1. Metrics -
   What are they good for?
   

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2. “You can have good metrics
   and still have bad code.”
   

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4. Jenkins - CI
   

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5. COVERALLS
   

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7. THINK!
   

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8. People will start coding
   against metrics
   

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10. Metrics
    People Matter
    Repos
    

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11. def good_code
    common_sense
    && good_metrics
    && other_stuff
    end
    

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12. Attribution
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2136954043/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/4561376850/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/haniamir/2473127741
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/funky64/4267353106
    http://jcastaneyra.com/2012/10/15/java-testing-oracle-scripts-compatible-htwo/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/addrox/2587484034/
    

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