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SPOTLIGHT
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ARTICLE
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Co-authored by our own SEI Lead
Appraiser Beth
Layman, this book introduces proven techniques
for implementing quantitative software covering quality, cost, schedule
-- and demonstrates how to leverage your measurements for smarter
decision-making and more efficient project management. Read more.
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NOW AVAILABLE
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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 is available now for sale
at amazon.com.
Purchase Now
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Leap forward during lean
times...
Business process improvement is  easy to delay during good economic times because, well,
things are good and wasteful practices tend to be tolerated. During
lean economic times everyone's survival sense is heightened and the
"do more with less" mantra becomes the conventional wisdom.
CIOs and their teams can take advantage of lean times by starting IT
value rich initiatives that normally would be resisted by the culture.
However, DCG experience strongly suggests that key to success is making
sure the business process improvement (BPI) initiative targets,
performance frustrations, or challenges when addressed, will
provide real benefits that will last and strengthen the organization
when times get better.
For example, a recent DCG client experienced a 90% reduction in project
adminstration overhead due to improved etimation accuracy. A win for
managers and developers both.
The link below, to a CIO Insight article, provides
additional interesting similar information.
If you want to discuss what type of BPI initiative makes sense for your
organization for 2009, e-mail DCG at info@davidconsultinggroup.com.
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DCG at ISMA Conference, Arlington,
VA Sept 2008
As an
industry leader in the IFPUG community, the DCG
Team presented a number of speaking topics, as listed in the conference
flyer.
The Second
Annual Innovations Works Award was presented by Mike Harris, President of DCG, to Terry
Voght of Booz Allen Hamilton as recognition of the most outstanding
non-vendor presentation or paper given at the ISMA Conference.
Terry's presentation was entitled "Goal-Driven
Performance Measurement." View
presentation.
The winner of the booth drawing was Tony Rollo of Software Measurement Services
(SMS) in Kent, England. Tony was presented with a signed copy of
the book The
Business value of IT, co-authored by Mike Harris.
See side panel for book details.
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Upcoming Events
 DCG IT Value
Webinar: Am I Paying Too Much for My IT? Thur Nov.
20th, 1:30 - 2:30 pm EST Register
NOW
IT
budgets are on the rise and have been every year for about the last 10
years, increasing at rate of 5% annually or above for the last 3
years. Gartner reported spending on IT for 2006 increased by 6%
on average for the year. Knowing whether IT spending is at a
steady state, growing or shrinking helps comprehend IT expectations and
where your organization's IT spending is in relation to the world at
large. Read more and Register NOW.
DCG Speaking at
Philadelphia SPIN Meeting
Mike Harris presents, "How Can We Measure the Value
of IT?" December 11, 2008,
Siemens in Malvern, PA. Contact
the Philadelphia
SPIN for more details.
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DCG Upcoming Training
West Coast Training:
WORDS INTO NUMBERS, Tues Dec 2nd - Details
and Registration
This one
day course uses a structured approach to sizing software that is
compliant with function points and CMMI® and uses basic techniques like
sentence diagramming and pattern recognition to size software early in
the development lifecycle. You will learn how to size using
concepts you learned in grade school like sentence diagramming from
English class creating a scenario for estimators and project managers
where life could not get much better!
Register
NOW
This one
day workshop is intended for those individuals who desire formal peer
review/inspection training that will allow them to immediately execute
their learning experience into realized gains. Participants will learn
the value-driven benefits of disciplined team peer review/inspections
to improve quality and producitvity. Through lecture and exercises,
participants will also learn the roles and responsibilities to ably
perform in future inspections, the steps necessary to complete an
efficient and successful inspection and the rules and guidelines that
increase the value of the inspection process. Register NOW
Introduction
to CMMI (3-day course),
Course
Investment: $1,250.00. Early Registration - $1,095 (by Dec.
15th).
Based on
the latest version of CMMI, this course achieves the following:
- Introduces attendees to the fundamental concepts of
the CMMI Model
- Reviews the five maturity levels and their
characteristic process areas
- Examines the structure of the continuous and staged
representations
- Illustrates the benefits of process improvement
- Outlines Metrics and Measurement principles crucial
to support CMMI effectiveness
Our CMMI Instructors are all SEI-certified.
For 5 or more participants, contact Fiona Thompson for your onsite training needs. Ph. 610-644-2856
Ext 21.
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Consulting Group
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