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Project Control

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ITIL4 Guiding Principles

25 April 2023

ITIL4 has 7 recommendations to improving services. They are relevant for all businesses. Use real-life examples to apply these principles from a measurement perspective .

CRM Projects

2 February 2023

This short paper determines whether there are key factors that influence the productivity and delivery speed of CRM projects.

This short paper examines a high-level business case to to rebuild a Cobol legacy application in Java. ISBSG Data, for similar Java projects, provides metrics for: cost, effort, maintenance and support. This information is used as the basis for the business case.

Output Based Contracting

8 November 2022

In this short paper, we explain the way ISBSG data can be used to contract application development teams based on output instead of the usual Time & Materials method.

Measuring Value Added

4 October 2022

With agile, you choose to develop the functionality that provides the most value for the customer, post-development. What functionality does the customer receive and how can it be measured?

Data for Decisions

4 October 2022

Learn how ISBSG data is used in practice to make better decisions regarding Application Development related issues.

Analysis of Cosmic Projects

31 May 2022

This short paper focuses on projects, in the ISBSG Repository, that are sized using COSMIC functional-sizing methods.

Cloud Computing

26 January 2022

When business leaders move their IT systems and infrastructure into the cloud, their capital is not tied up in maintaining data-centers.

Software Quality Trends

25 January 2022

The number of defects per 1000 FP developed indicates the effectiveness of the development and testing process.

Joint Confidence Level

25 January 2022

Joint Confidence Level Analysis was successful used for NASA. Learn how parametric and machine learning methods were used.

Historical Data

25 January 2022

In DevOps the “Third Way” means “continuous experimentation & learning”. This is the highest maturity level for decision-making.

Harry Potter and the 7 Secrets of the IFPUG Function

30 April 2021

Julián Gómez, Brand Manager LedaMC discusses the 7 key points of function point methodology: product focus, improved communications, contextualizing software developments, method standardization and certification.

Successful Software Project Delivery

24 March 2021

Successful software delivery relies on: accurate planning & estimation, managing scope, using correct resources and methodologies, being AGILE and innovative.

Software Project Schedule

19 August 2019

So your project is behind schedule. This presentation discusses project schedules and solutions to this common problem.

Software Products

19 August 2018

A presentation, in Spanish, from leading software development productivity company, LedaMC.

Software Product Documentation

19 August 2018

Save money and improve the quality of software projects with effective product documentation.

Cost Risk Analysis

19 August 2018

The management of modernization projects, in cloud and open-source environments, with a focus on cost risk analysis.

Floss Sustainability

20 August 2017

Measuring the sustainability of free/libre, open-source software (i.e. FLOSS) which is developed by the collaboration of programmers.

Data Modelling

20 August 2017

Historical IT project data can be used for data modelling. This is to enable forecasting of: project costs, schedules, defects and effort.

Software Rates

20 August 2017

Software rates versus function point price? Discover the importance of FP Price and other normalized indicators against typical man hours used in software projects.