  This paper discusses issues on current development and measurement practices
that were identified from a pilot study conducted on Jordanian small software
firms. The study was to investigate whether developers follow development and
measurement best practices in web applications development. The analysis was
conducted in two stages: first, grouping the development and measurement
practices using variable clustering, and second, identifying the acceptance
degree. Mean interval was used to determine the degree of acceptance.
Hierarchal clustering was used to group the development and measurement
practices. The actual findings of this survey will be used for building a new
methodology for developing web applications in small software firms.
