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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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Three Days
to Better Budgeting, Planning and Estimating
Tues,
Sept 13th, 9:00 - 10:00 am
This
30 minute infomercial provides a preview of the DCG 3 day
Estimation Workshop which includes
1.
Basic estimation concepts
2.
Impact of the life cycles and timing
3.
Estimation By Project Types
4.
Estimation Methods (Bottom Up, Top Down, Tools)
5.
Complexity
6.
Process and Behavior Attributes
7.
Methods and When They Make Sense
8. Sizing Techniques
Spend 30 minutes with us to learn how the above information
is discussed and taught over the 3 day workshop. Afterwards
you will be able to understand if your organization can
benefit from this intensive but easy to assimilate
information. Register NOW.
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Apply Agile in a CMMI World
Thur, Sept 22nd, 11:00 am - 12:00 Noon .
CMMI focused companies can effectively thread Agile
techniques into their current development fabric and still
maintain the rigor of accountability and measurement. This
brief webinar highlights how CMMI mature organizations from
Level 2 to 5 can measure and manage Agile without impacting
essential core techniques. If your CMMI capable organization
is looking at or starting to apply Agile, this webinar can
help you understand important why-fors and how-tos. Register Now.
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Estimation: Better
Information, Better Decisions
Thur,
Oct 6, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm .
David Herron will examine the information that is necessary
to produce realistic estimates allowing for better and more
informed decisions. Register Now.
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Agile
Estimation Using Functional Metrics
Thur, October 13, 9:00 - 10:00 am EDT . This 35-45
minute webinar outlines a path for incorporating 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 outlines how a simple "words
into numbers" approach can produce the statistical
objectivity needed to estimate level of effort reliably and
help your Agile date commitments to stick. Register Now.
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Visit the DCG Exhibit at
ISMA 6
Creating Solutions with Measurement in
Changing Times
Read below about DCG Speakers and their topics
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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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Learn Function Point Fundamentals and earn 16 PDU Credits.
Learn
more or contact
Fiona Thompson at
+1.610.644.2856 Ext 21
for more information.
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DCG Trusted Advisor Service
What don't you know about IT and Software
Development?
Where
do you go to get answers to your or your team's questions?
Join the Trusted Advisor Community and get the
expert advice 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.
Read more ,
look at a sample report and join the community today!
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DCG is speaking at ISMA 6
Creating
Solutions with Measurement in Changing Times
Sept. 11 - 14, 2011
Greater Richmond Convention Center, Richmond, VA
Sheila Dennis and Pat Eglin:
Human Performance Improvement: Who Says We Can't
Measure Ourselves?
"Everyone loves a winner". So how does an organization
know when it is winning? When it has reached "success"?
The true value of process improvement is measured by
sustainability, and sustained process improvement is gauged by
the measure of changed behavior. There is a systematic and
systemic approach to solving and measuring performance issues in
an organization - Human Performance Improvement (HPI). We will
discuss the basic principles of HPI, which measures will indicate
if the process improvement initiative was "successful"
due to incentive driven change versus true adoption of the processes,
measures and metrics surrounding the amount of change humans' are
capable of handling and the level of absorption, and what
measures to collect to identify the level of success based on
employee's acceptance of new process and its effect on the success
of process improvement initiatives. Who says we can't measure
ourselves?
Thomas Cagley:
Boundaries, Boundaries Everywhere!
Boundaries are a historical problem. The rules in in the CPM do
not provide substantial guidance therefore using definitions from
all of the functional metrics should be considered to increase
the usefulness of the boundary and by extension function points.
Cosmic, IFPUG, Mark II and NESMA materials will be referenced.
The concept of linkage and cohesion will introduced to show a
quantitative approach to defining boundaries. Most functional
metrics contribute usefully to the boundary discussion. Individual
perception can and does impact the definition of boundaries.
Cohesion can be used to measure linkages. Boundary definition can
impact the usefulness of the information a count generates. This
presentation discusses how to balance multiple user communities'
views of boundaries.
Learn more about
the ISMA Conference.
If you
cannot make the ISMA 6 Conference and would like a replay of
this event, contact Fiona Thompson at +1.610.644.2856, ext. 21 or
email f.thompson@davidconsultinggroup.com.
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