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BEYOND FUNCTION
POINTS 101
A 60-minute audio-video recording of
our recent webinar discusses advanced practices of the
Function Point Metric used by organizations worldwide to
accurately size systems in an effort to meet customer demand
on time and within budget .
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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.
"The value
of people assets is the capacity for creativity, analysis,
perception, learning, judgment, leadership, coordination,
empathy and trust. Such capacity is in teams and
individuals within the organization, due to knowledge,
experience and skills." (Chapter 15: How Should IT
Manage Its People?)
Order your copy now at CRC Press Online. Enter Code JAF05 for an
additional 15% Discount.
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DCG
Grows SPI Presence in Canada ...
Join DCG at the Toronto
SPIN Networking Event on October 2nd, Mid-town Toronto,
Canada
Growth in DCG's software process improvement work
in Canada made it easy to decide to become the
Diamond Sponsor for the Toronto Software Process
Improvement Network (SPIN) for 2008/2009. DCG
supports the common interests of the Toronto
area technology community. We encourage our
Toronto friends to join us at the upcoming
Networking Event on October 2, 2008 at 5:30 pm at
the Boston Pizza at Yonge & Sheppard, which is
mid-town Toronto. The doors open at 5:30 PM and
the event starts at 6:00 PM. Registration will
soon be available on the SPIN Website
. DCG's Mike Harris and Tom Cagley will be in
Toronto participating in this social and business get
together and look forward to seeing many of our Canadian
friends.
Join DCG at the Quest
Conference in Toronto, Sept 22 - 26,
2008
DCG's Tom Cagley will be speaking on "When Good
Numbers Go Bad." This presentation will highlight,
through a series of vignettes, the start realities of
how measures can go wrong combined with suggestions on
how to address those unfortunate realities. For
more information on the Quest Conference, click
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DCG at IFPUG's ISMA
Conference
This year's International Software Measurement
& Analysis Conference will be held in Arlington,
VA. As an industry leader, DCG will be
speaking on the following topics:
- Measuring The Business
Value of IT
Tom
Cagley
- Counting
Facebook
David
Garmus
- Are You Managing IT, or
is IT Managing You?
Steve
Keim
- Using Function Points
for Project Tracking and Earned Value
Analysis
To schedule a meeting with one
of our Software Sizing and Measuring Experts at the
Conference, contact Fiona Thompson, tel 610-644-2856 Ext
21.
Visit the DCG exhibit
at the Conf. and be entered into a drawing for a signed
copy of the new book written by Mike Harris, David
Herron and Stasia Iwanicki entitled
The Business Value of IT (see side
panel for book details).
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 How Much IT is
Enough?
IT is a strategic differentiator often a single
force that determines the speed and agility, of an
organization. It's the race car for the
journey toward world-class results. It provides safety
(quality), high performance (speed) and superior mpg
(cost or efficiency). Are you prepared to be
on the waiting list for the
Lamborghini? Register NOW. |
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CIO Insight Magazine Survey of
Today's Top 5 Challenges for CIOs:
CIO's face incredible pressures to deliver value
and top priorities change all the time. DCG sees
this in our work with CIO's and their reports. This
month's excerpt highlights the top 5 challenges as
identified by today's CIO's which we think can
provide an important perspective for IT
leaders.
For a detailed breakdown of each of the
Top 5 Challenges, click on the link
below:
Robert Half
Technology, December 2007, 1400 CIO's
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