Improving IT Value

 DCG Newsletter

Volume No. 36, November 5, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

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"THE BUSINESS VALUE OF IT:  Managing Risks, Optimizing Performance, and Measuring Results," by Michael D. S. Harris, President of DCG, David Herron, Founder of DCG, and Stasia Iwanicki, Managing Consultant.
 

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DCG's Software Measurement Experiences Exchange





With this group, DCG clients and friends exchange their experiences and stories, good, bad, and ugly about measurement, sizing and software delivery practices for the process improvement community. The goal of this group is share experiences, in as positive a manner as possible, for mutual benefit.
 

DCG's Software Performance and Quality Benchmarking Exchange

 

With this group, we are discussing establishing a Software Development Performance and Quality Specification that can help organizations benchmark performance (cost and time) and quality against a group-maintained industry standard. The goal of this group is to generate ideas to be developed into a specification for mutual benefit. A sub-goal will be to automate as much measurement as possible.

 

DCG Events... 

 

bulletDCG Webinar:  Agile Estimation Using Functional Metrics:  Agility and Metrics, Nov 12, 11:00 am - 12:00 Noon EST  Register NOW

Estimation has been a lightning rod for the discussion all methods (agile, waterfall, iterative or water fountain) with the issues of predictability and standardization radiating outward.  Because of the controversy this is an area where a wide range of hybridization has always occurred.  Organizations adjust techniques to fit governance structures, culture and risk profiles.

 

This 35-45 minute webinar, presented by Tom Cagley, 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 increase standardization without ignoring the principals of the Agile Manifesto. Read more and register NOW.

 

bulletOnline Training FP101 - Introduction to Measuring TapeFunction Points, Nov 18 - 20, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm EST each day  Registration Form

 

Read more about the FP101 Class on the DCG Training page including Overview, what attendees will learn, and FP101 Course Outline.

 

This class is also offered onsite.  Contact Fiona Thompson at 610-644-2856 Ext 21 for more information.

 

 bulletDCG/CAST Webinar:  Data Driven IV&V Quality Assurance - Transform Peer Reviews with Science Fact not Fiction, Thur Dec 10, 9:00 - 10:00 EST.  Register NOW

Peer Reviews are a high return investment of your people's time...if done right. Otherwise it is a waste of time. In this webinar, we share how a smartly designed peer review process combined with Application Intelligence can transform your peer review process. DCG and CAST Software will show you can produce a PEER REVIEW MAP of your application to get everyone talking on the same page and moving in the same direction.  Read more and register NOW

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DCG Events in Europe

 

bulletNov. 18, 2009, DCG is participating in the BSOA Workshop in Darmstadt, Germany. "Risiken abbauen - mit Methoden aus Studien zum Pröblemlöseverhalten (Risk Reduction)."

 

bullet Nov 19 - 20, 2009, DCG is the Keynote Speaker DASMA logoand Exhibitor at the DASMA Conference Metrik Kongress 2009. DCG is also sponsoring the Diploma Thesis Award.

 

bullet Nov 24, 2009, DCG is speaking at the Paris Conference, Measuring IT Software Quality and Productivity sponsored by CAST Software. DCG's President, Mike Harris, will deliver "Automated Function Point Counting". 

 

 

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