Software Measurement Services
perfecting process performance
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Why measure software?
If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.
It's as simple as that. Software measurement is about managing software-intensive systems the same way the rest of the business is managed
It costs the economy billions when software projects run over budget, deliver late (or not at all) and, critically, fail to meet the needs and expectations of the business customer. The proven experience of SMS clients supports the huge collective experience of the SMS consultancy team. Disciplined, quantitiative management is what it takes to deliver a radical and sustainable improvement in software performance.
That means measurement and analysis, and nobody understand software measurement and analysis better than SMS. With typically 20-30 years or more in the business, our consultants have learned a thing or two about what works, and where things go wrong. Our quantitative approach minimises waste and focuses on the delivery of business benefits to our clients. It's an approach that puts the business customer in control of the acquisition, development, support and use of IT/IS services.
No silver bullets. No vested interests. Just independent and objective advice, training and support from established industry experts.
Whether you want your IT to deliver faster, cheaper, better or more predictably, SMS can partner your supply team (in house or outsourced) to achieve your objective.
Contact sales@measuresw.com to discuss how to get the performance you need from your information systems.
SMS software consultancy services support:
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- Output-based contracts
- Software measurement
- Functional size analysis
- Benchmarking
- Knowledge transfer
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- Developing IT Strategy
- Software process improvement
- Lean management
- Agile development
- Process-driven business change
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- Software capability assessment
- Supplier capability assessment
- Estimating
- Risk management
- Project management
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| Training, mentoring, coaching and consultancy in CMMI, ISO, ITIL, Six Sigma; FPA, IFPUG, COSMIC, Mk II; GQM, Gap Analysis. Estimating models and techniques, COCOMO II. |
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SMSit
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19th UKSMA Annual Conference and Tutorials London, 15/16 Oct
Keynote speaker: Prof. Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Institute. more
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Software Measurement & Improvement Forum: London 2 Oct
Metrics for Improvement: The Human Dimension ...more |
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Eurospi: Dublin, 3-5 Sep Experiences of benefits delivered from software process improvement and innovation. ...more
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SMS News
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"The first project to adopt the new processes and to follow the full end-to-end life cycle acheived a 29% saving on their original budget"
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SMS Client feedback from a major IT Supplier
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| ISO 20000: Important news for IT Suppliers: ISO 20000 certification is increasingly critical to successful bids for the supply of IT services to any large organisation in the public or private sector.
SMS can ensure you achieve or retain this crucial quality standard.
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Training
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IFPUG 4.2 FPA
COSMIC v3.0
A two-day workshop giving an introduction to the fundamental principles of software measurement.
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