OMG TECHNICAL MEETING
SPECIAL EVENT
Consortium for IT
Software Quality (CISQ) Seminar
Using Software Measures in Productivity and
Quality Improvement Programs
Wednesday,
0900 - 1630, September 25, 2013
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Seminar Objectives:
The objectives of the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ)
Seminar are to:
- Motivate participants to use software sizing and structural
quality measures to reduce the risk and cost of software.
- Present the CISQ/OMG measures for Automated Function Points,
Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Security, and
Maintainability.
- Present best practices for deploying and using software
measures in productivity analysis and improvement, vendor
management, benchmarking, and structural quality management.
- Identify pitfalls to avoid in analysis and use of
measures.
- Describe experiences and lessons learned using software
measures in large organizations.
Audience:
This full day seminar is intended for IT Executives, application managers, software measurement and
improvement specialists, quality assurance professionals, and others
interested in using automated software measures.
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Program Agenda:
| 0900
- 0930 |
Welcome
and Introduction |
|
Dr. Bill Curtis, Director, CISQ |
| Dr.
Curtis will introduce the uses of productivity analysis with a
strong emphasis on continual improvement. He will discuss the
three types of measures required for productivity
analysis-size, effort, and application demographics-along with
how to avoid pitfalls in collecting them. |
| 0930
- 1015 |
Using
Automated Function Points in Sizing and Estimating |
|
Mike Harris, CEO, The David Consulting Group |
| Mr.
Harris will describe how Function Points have emerged as a
preferred measure of size and the importance of OMG's recent
approval of an Automated Function Point specification. He will
describe how Function Points are used in estimating size
before code exists and how Function Point data can be used in
benchmarking. He will also discuss the importance of using
Enhanced Function Points to analyze the productivity of
maintenance activity. He will use examples from DCG's Function
Point repository and extensive experience in Function Point
consulting with DCG clients. |
| 1015-
1045 |
Morning
Refreshments |
| 1045
- 1200 |
Best
and Worst Practices in Productivity Analysis and Improvement |
|
Dr. Bill Curtis, Director, CISQ |
Dr. Curtis will discuss techniques for conducting productivity analysis and
present examples from his extensive consulting background as well as published
case studies from major corporations and government projects. Best and worst
practices will be discussed for analyzing and using productivity data. He will
describe how to match the collection and use of productivity data to the
maturity of the organization. He will
end by discussed best practices for using size and productivity data in SLAs.
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| 1200
- 1330 |
Lunch
(Attendees are on their own for lunch, this is not included
in the registration fee.) |
| 1330
- 1500 |
Introduction
to Structural Quality Analysis and Technical Debt |
| Dr.
Bill Curtis, Director, CISQ |
Dr.
Curtis will discuss the critical importance of measuring the
structural quality of applications along with the functional
correctness. He will describe three levels of structural
analysis-code unit, technology, and system-and why system
level structural flaws are the most costly. He will discuss
the recently released CISQ standards for measuring
Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Security, and
Maintainability. He will then describe the concept of
technical debt and how it can be used to communicate about the
structural quality of software to both IT and non-IT
management. He will describe a method for measuring technical
debt and how it can be adjusted to the experience of different
IT organizations. He will present some examples of how
technical debt has been used to control IT quality and costs.
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| 1500
- 1515 |
Afternoon
Refreshments |
| 1515
- 1600 |
Measuring
and Managing Software Security |
| TBD,
MITRE Corp. |
| This talk
will describe the national effort to identify and eliminate
the causes of security breaches through the development of the
Common Weakness Enumeration repository. It will describe best
practices for using information in the repository for
improving the security of software. It will then discuss how
to measure the security of software and how this is done using
the CISQ measure for Security whose specification was led by
Bob Martin of Mitre. |
| 1600
- 1615 |
Open
Discussion |
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NOTE:
If you register for the Technical Meeting Week, you do not have
to pay the additional fee(s) to attend any or all of the special
events. If you register only for special events, the special fees
apply. |
