Benchmark, Act and Improve
by Pierre Almen
Organisations spend much on the development and maintenance of software applications. IT managers often don’t know if productivity, cost, speed of delivery and quality of the deliverables are competitive. When outsourcing, suppliers are often chosen based on hourly rates and not on capability.
Benchmarking highlights how development & maintenance organizations perform and where they can improve.
This presentation explores benchmarking and how it can be performed using the ISBSG repository.
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About Pierre Almen
Pierre Almén is currently the President of ISBSG. He has been a IFPUG Committee Chair and Board member. Pierre is a Certified Function Points Specialist and Certified Software Measurement Specialist. He was the PL for the IFPUG publication ”IT Value Metrics” and the IFPUG Application Development & Maintenance Benchmarking Certification. He is also responsible for a FP / Software Metrics network in Sweden. Pierre has performed benchmarking and sourcing studies of systems development and maintenance at major Nordic organisations. He was also a developer / project leader / systems development & maintenance manager within IBM