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Measure. Improve. Deliver.
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If you
could change one thing about your software development, what
would it be?
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DCG Webinar
Series
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The
Experts Discuss: The Future of Software Analysis and
Measurement
Wed. Oct 12, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT. Hear
from an exciting lineup of experts: Dan Galorath, President
& CEO of Galorath Inc and Bill Curtis, SVP & Chief
Scientist, CAST as they discuss their clients' software
development processes and how Software Analysis and
Measurement (SAM) tools coupled with estimate models can
impact organizational performance through increased ROI,
customer satisfaction and business value. The
moderator will be David Herron, VP, Knowledge Solution
Services, David Consulting Group.
The panel will provide insightful and actionable steps that
will make an immediate impact on your strategy including
how to:
- Drive organization value by
fueling SAM practices within an enterprise
- Build the funding rationale
through proven economic impact models
- Establish the ROI from SAM
practices and process
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Read more and Register
Now.
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Agile
Estimation Using Functional Metrics
Thur, Oct 13, 2011 9:00 am - 10:00 am
EDT. Learn how to incorporate the best
practices of robust software sizing (functional metrics)
with the collaborative techniques championed by the agile
community in a manner that increases standardization without
ignoring the principals of the Agile Manifesto. Looking at
two case studies of Agile enabled software organizations
that use functional metrics, Tom Cagley outlines how a
simple words into numbers approach can produce the
statistical objectivity needed to estimate the level of
effort reliably and help your Agile date commitments to
stick. Register Now.
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Are you ready for
the CMMI V1.3 release? What you need to know.
Thur, Oct. 20, 2011. 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT .
The CMMI V1.3 Release is here and brings significant changes.
If you are already appraised at V1.2 how does this affect
you? If you are planning to implement V1.3 what do you need
to know? Join DCG's Pat Eglin, Certified CMMI Instructor and
Implementation Consultant to hear about what is different in
V1.3 and how this affects your upcoming re-appraisal. Register Now.
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DCG Trusted Advisor Orientation:
Technology
Information on-demand collaborative research service.
Get a trial subscription today!
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Tues,
Oct. 5th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT .
Experience a hands-on demonstration of DCG Trusted
Advisor's Technology Information on-demand service. Joining
the Trusted Advisor Community gets you the expert advice you
need to answer your IT organization's hot button issues,
interests and technical research. Designed to deliver the
right-sized information to your browser door-step, DCG
Trusted Advisor provides individuals and corporations
customized reports that meet your needs. Don't let other
services PUSH information you don't need instead PULL the information
you want from the trusted advisors at DCG. Register NOW.
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Kanban Can Can!
Thur, Oct 27, 2011. 9:00 - 10:00 am EDT . Kanban has
been a major component of the Toyota Production System that
has exploded into the world of software development. In this
webinar, Tom Cagley will describe a Kanban System and how
Kanban relates to software development. Tom will also explain
how to set up a Kanban System for a software development team
and will demonstrate how this approach can evolve into a lean
development process. Please note that all webinar times are
displayed in US Eastern Time. Register Now.
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AgileDC 2011 Conference
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
DCG industry leadership continues as agile
adoption becomes more mainstream.
DCG is
a sponsor of the Agile DC Conference and is offering a
discount of 15% to our clients who attend.
To
read more, go to http://agiledc.org/ . On the registration page, enter the
discount code, AgileDCSponsorDCGGuest.
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DCG Calendar
Upcoming webinars, conferences and events
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NEW DCG Distance Learning (online) Class now
available:
CFPS Prep Course
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The
Preparation Course for the Certified Function Point Specialist
Examination is intended to refresh participants on the
fundamentals of counting and applying function points. This
course will quickly review the rules contained in latest
release of the IFPUG Counting Practices Manual.
What
Attendees Will Learn
Attendees
will review the fundamentals of counting and applying function
points and will learn and experience:
- Effective
application of IFPUG Counting Practices Manual 4.x rules
- Tips on
preparing for and taking the IFPUG CFPS examination
- Realistic IFPUG
CFPS examination under exam conditions
- Questions very
likely to be on the CFPS examination
- Feedback on the
correct answers to the exam questions
You
can start learning immediately at your own pace and schedule,
any time from anywhere you have a web browser and an internet
connection.
Send us your
completed registration
form and online payment for an individual or corporate
enrollment and we will send you your user name and log-in
within 24- 48 hours.
Read more about this class.
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DCG expands IT management consulting with the
introduction of the IT Capability Maturity Framework
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Recently we
sat down with Mike Harris, DCG's CEO and Alan Cameron, DCG's
Director of the European market to discuss the impact of
introducing the IT-CMF service to DCG clients. In a wide
ranging discussion, the benefits to CIOs and CFOs became
apparent. The following is an edited transcript of the
interview.
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Alan, what is the IT-CMF?
 Alan:
It is a comprehensive program created by the Innovation Value
Institute (IVI), a group of well-respected CIOs, CFOs, IT vendors
and IT academics to ensure the deliverability of IT's business
value. There are 36 processes critical to IT that have been
identified and best practices have been defined for each.
The framework is mapped onto an organization's IT department and
a scoring method is utilized to identify their organization's
maturity for each process across 5 levels. Improvement
targets and approaches are defined to create or improve
value.
Mike,
there are plenty of frameworks such as CMMI and ITIL. What
is so good about IT-CMF?
Mike: It's about focus - management focus -
making IT into part of the business and capable of driving profit
and value. No more should IT be seen as a service that simply
costs money, or as a drag on the business.
IT-CMF is not another technical tool, nor is it a process panacea
or a new programming language. Instead it complements
technical developments with the aim of enfolding IT into the
business. Not only does IT-CMF help execs focus on
effective spend, it does it by asking the business what matters
at all levels, connecting boards with end users in a way that
benefits the whole fabric of the business. It complements
technical and quality frameworks and there is now a memorandum of
understanding between IVI and CMMI indicating how the two
frameworks can complement each other
 Alan, how is it applied?
Alan:
IT-CMF is applied in a way that makes it inclusive at executive
level and on the ground with real users. It's not all or
nothing either; an organization can apply what is best for its
own purposes.
First is the executive assessment, and this is where we in DCG
will initially be focusing. This is a fast initial
assessment of the state of a company. The results when
compared against the IVI database show how a company distributes
its IT effort in relation to other companies. Crucially, it can
demonstrate not only where there is a lack of focus, but also
where there may be too much. This alone can indicate to
executives what they need to concentrate on, and in turn may lead
to adoption of the wider processes and move on to deep dives, the
next stage.
Through deep dives, IT-CMF also addresses the user population to
get their opinions, one of its most powerful features, and one
that can drive huge cost savings and improvements. This
works in major and smaller corporations.
Alan,
what is the IVI?
Alan: The IVI is a consortium of leading industry, consulting,
not-for-profit and academic organizations collaborating to create
the global standard to realise the business value from IT
investments. This consortium consists of a global collection of
like- minded organisations committed to developing better models,
tools and practices to optimally manage the Business Value of IT
and IT Innovation practices. This distinctive collaboration will
provide a unique environment for the synthesis of leading
industry best practices and pioneering academic output, training
and education, far beyond what any one entity could hope to
achieve by itself. You read more at the IVI website.
Mike,
tell me more about the IT-CMF and DCG
Mike: DCG is joining the IT-CMF consortium as a
Contributor. Alan Cameron, Tom Cagley, Vice President, Consulting
Services, and myself will be able to offer the Executive
Assessment to our clients. Our aim is to offer this service
starting October 2011.
We face challenging times economically, and all companies are
very focused on cost. Slash and burn seems tempting, but a
focused approach to effective spending is much more
appropriate. IT-CMF enables that focus and hence my
excitement.
To read more about the IT-CMF, visit DCG Publications.
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