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  Mon, 30 Aug 2010

  The Business Value of IT
  posted by Mike Harris

  Three keys to ensuring Software Quality

  In the June 28, 2010 print edition of Information Week, a long-standing friend of DCG’s, Capers Jones, identifies three keys to ensuring software quality: Defect Potentials - Make sure they stay below three per function point Defect Removal Efficiency - Keep it above 95% Quality Metrics - Apply them from requirements through maintenance For those of us who, like [...] > More
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  Thu, 31 Dec 2009

  Process/Measurement
  posted by Tom Cagley

  Best Practices, A Force Of Good Or Evil?

  Best Practices, A Force Of Good Or Evil? Thomas M. Cagley Jr. To paraphrase Edwin Starr, “Best Practices, huh, what are they good for? Absolutely nothing, Say it again . . .” Every organization wants to use best practices. How many organizations do you know that would stand up and say we want to use average processes?. [...] > More
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  Fri, 16 Apr 2010

  KSS
  posted by David Herron

  Estimation Experiences #3 Setting Expectations

  I have found that a major key to successfully and effectively estimating software projects is to make sure that expectations are properly set. And what should those expectations be? Depending upon where and when in the lifecycle you estimate and how much information you have available to you at the time of the estimate, it [...] > More