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Aligning Organizations Through Measurement

The GQM+Strategies Approach

By: Victor Basili,Adam Trendowicz,Martin Kowalczyk,Jens Heidrich,Carolyn Seaman,Jürgen Münch,Dieter Rombach

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Aligning Organizations Through Measurement

The GQM+Strategies Approach

By: Victor Basili,Adam Trendowicz,Martin Kowalczyk,Jens Heidrich,Carolyn Seaman,Jürgen Münch,Dieter Rombach

Aligning an organization’s goals and strategies requires specifying their rationales and connections so that the links are explicit and allow for analytic reasoning about what is successful and where improvement is necessary. This book provides guidance on how to achieve this alignment, how to monitor the success of goals and strategies and use measurement to recognize potential failures, and how to close alignment gaps. It uses the GQM+Strategies approach, which provides concepts and actionable steps for creating the link between goals and strategies across an organization and allows for measurement-based decision-making. After outlining the general motivation for organizational alignment through measurement, the GQM+Strategies approach is described concisely, with a focus on the basic model that is created and the process for creating and using this model. The recommended steps of all six phases of the process are then described in detail with the help of a comprehensive application example. Finally, the industrial challenges addressed by the method and cases of its application in industry are presented, and the relations to other approaches, such as Balanced Scorecard, are described. The book concludes with supplementary material, such as checklists and guidelines, to support the application of the method. This book is aimed at organization leaders, managers, decision makers, and other professionals interested in aligning their organization’s goals and strategies and establishing an efficient strategic measurement program. It is also interesting for academic researchers looking for mechanisms to integrate their research results into organizational environments.

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Software Project Effort Estimation

Foundations and Best Practice Guidelines for Success

By: Adam Trendowicz,Ross Jeffery

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Software Project Effort Estimation

Foundations and Best Practice Guidelines for Success

By: Adam Trendowicz,Ross Jeffery

Software effort estimation is one of the oldest and most important problems in software project management, and thus today there are a large number of models, each with its own unique strengths and weaknesses in general, and even more importantly, in relation to the environment and context in which it is to be applied. Trendowicz and Jeffery present a comprehensive look at the principles of software effort estimation and support software practitioners in systematically selecting and applying the most suitable effort estimation approach. Their book not only presents what approach to take and how to apply and improve it, but also explains why certain approaches should be used in specific project situations. Moreover, it explains popular estimation methods, summarizes estimation best-practices, and provides guidelines for continuously improving estimation capability. Additionally, the book offers invaluable insights into project management in general, discussing issues including project trade-offs, risk assessment, and organizational learning. Overall, the authors deliver an essential reference work for software practitioners responsible for software effort estimation and planning in their daily work and who want to improve their estimation skills. At the same time, for lecturers and students the book can serve as the basis of a course in software processes, software estimation, or project management.

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Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

The Software Decision-Makers' Guide to Predictable Software Development

By: Adam Trendowicz

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Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

The Software Decision-Makers' Guide to Predictable Software Development

By: Adam Trendowicz

Software effort estimation is a key element of software project planning and management. Yet, in industrial practice, the important role of effort estimation is often underestimated and/or misunderstood. In this book, Adam Trendowicz presents the CoBRA method (an abbreviation for Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment) for estimating the effort required to successfully complete a software development project, which uniquely combines human judgment and measurement data in order to systematically create a custom-specific effort estimation model. CoBRA goes far beyond simply predicting the development effort; it supports project decision-makers in negotiating the project scope, managing project risks, benchmarking productivity, and directing improvement activities. To illustrate the method’s practical use, the book reports several real-world cases where CoBRA was applied in various industrial contexts. These cases represent different estimation contexts in terms of software project environment, estimation objectives, and estimation constraints. This book is the result of a successful collaboration between the process management division of Fraunhofer IESE and many software companies in the field of software engineering technology transfer. It mainly addresses software practitioners who deal with planning and managing software development projects as part of their daily work, and is also of interest for students or courses specializing in software engineering or software project management.

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Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

The Software Decision-Makers' Guide to Predictable Software Development

By: Adam Trendowicz

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The Software Decision-Makers' Guide to Predictable Software Development

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Software Project Effort Estimation

Foundations and Best Practice Guidelines for Success

By: Adam Trendowicz,Ross Jeffery

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Foundations and Best Practice Guidelines for Success

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Aligning Organizations Through Measurement

The GQM+Strategies Approach

By: Victor Basili,Adam Trendowicz,Martin Kowalczyk,Jens Heidrich,Carolyn Seaman,Jürgen Münch,Dieter Rombach

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The GQM+Strategies Approach

By: Victor Basili,Adam Trendowicz,Martin Kowalczyk,Jens Heidrich,Carolyn Seaman,Jürgen Münch,Dieter Rombach

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Aligning Organizations Through Measurement

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Software Project Effort Estimation

Software Project Effort Estimation

Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

Software Project Effort Estimation

Software Project Effort Estimation

Aligning Organizations Through Measurement

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