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201206 Why Choose COSMIC
Why Choose COSMIC Many organisations are now turning to Quantitative Measures in general, and Functional Size Measures in particular, to manage software development projects, either in house or...
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Managing Risk by Measuring Outcomes
Download pdf Managing Risk by Measuring Outcomes The formal definition of “a risk” often results in heated debate – but for practical purposes a risk can be defined as: ” a possible event which, if it...
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201206 Data Movement Sequence Diagram
Download pdf The-DMSD Bernard Londeix’s article on The Data Movement Sequence Diagram. The DMSD is a diagram that shows the sequence of Data Movements in a Functional Process. It is particularly...
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200909 What You Measure is What You Get
Download pdf: WhatYouMeasureIsWhatYouGet.pdf Charles Symons investigates causal links between (a) the commonly-used performance metrics, estimating methods and processes, (b) the incentives placed...
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201209 SMS Looks Forward With DCG
Download pdf SMS looks forward SMS looks forward to a dynamic future with the David Consulting Group
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201209 Need for an Estimation Standard
Download pdf Need for an Estimation standard Bharathi Vasanthakrishna considers the case for a recognised estimating standard
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201209 Estimating – Delivering the Impossible
Download pdf Estimating – delivering the impossible Alan Cameron considers a recipe for tackling the endemic problem of IT budget overspend and schedule overruns.
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201301 TransformingIT
Download pdf Transforming IT from Cost Centre to Strategic Enabler This article is based on a webinar presented by Sue Rule, with Alan Cameron, Tom Cagley and Mike Harris of the David Consulting...
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201301 Flowchain: Beyond Agile
Download pdf Beyond Agile Bob Marshall considers what the future holds for Agile.
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201212 Mesurer la taille des scénarios utilisateurs avec la méthode COSMIC
Download pdf COSMIC-UserStories-French French language version of Grant Rule’s 2010 paper on Sizing User Stories with COSMIC, translated by Sylvie Trudel, Pyxis Technologies inc. (Canada).
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201305 Outsourcing and Risk
Whatever the terms of an outsourcing agreement, it remains the fact that it is the client’s business that will suffer lost revenue and lost opportunities from a software application’s failure to meet...
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201304 Why Metrics Maturity Matters
DCG-SMS Managing Director Alan Cameron has characterized some distinct metrics behaviour patterns we’ve observed into a “Metrics Maturity Model” showing how correct use of metrics changes the way...
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201212 ITCMF Another Framework and a Masterstroke
“I am trying to develop an IT strategy for our company, but I can’t get the board to decide on a business strategy. How can I solve that problem?” This was the question put by one CIO to DCG-SMS...
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