Guide to Software Measurement Services
| Activity | DCG-SMS Know-how | DCG-SMS Products and Services |
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| Project & Programme Management | Application Portfolio Management Integrated Teamworking Project Scope Management Practical Project Management Performance Measurement |
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| Agile/Lean | Agile Project Management Value stream management |
Agile Transition Using Kanban Measuring Agile Performance |
| Estimating | Estimating techniques Effective estimating practice |
Specialist Consultancy, Estimating Early Estimation of Project Size Estimating for Agile Estimating with COSMIC Estimating with FPA (IFPUG/MkII) Estimating with COCOMO |
| Lean Workflow | Balanced Scorecard Benefits realisation Change management Interim management |
Specialist Consultancy, Flowchain Using A3 Reports Look-Ask-Model-Discuss-Act |
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| Requirements | Requrements Management Requirements Administration Requirements Engineering |
Specialist Consultancy, Requirements Writing Better User Stories |
| Risk | Risk analysis Risk management |
Specialist Consultancy, Risk Management Risk management workshops Procurement readiness assessment Supplier capability assessment Measurement audit |
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| Software Size Measurement Functional Size Measurement Methods |
Specialist Consultancy, Measurement Practice Application portfolio management Functional size measurement Performance measurement Software size measurement for the business |
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| COSMIC | Topic Coaching Mentoring Training & Knowledge Transfer |
Introducing COSMIC Metrics Practice Support FP Counting FP Audit FP Healthchecks Measurement for Agile Output-based contract management |
| MK 2 | Topic Coaching Mentoring Training & Knowledge Transfer |
Metrics Practice Support FP Counting FP Audit FP Healthchecks Output-based contract management |
| IFPUG | Topic Coaching Mentoring Training & Knowledge Transfer |
CFPS Metrics Practice Support FP Counting FP Audit FP Healthchecks Measurement for Agile Output-based contract management |
| Portfolio Management | Lean Application Management | Rapid Application Portfolio Sizing |
| Software Benchmarking | Benchmarking process | Fast Data Collection Benchmarking with ISBSGS Data analysis |
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| Software Process Improvement |
Business Case for SPI Compliance Changing Behaviours Departmental Performance Assessment Goal-Question-Metric Method Lean and Agile Improvement Realising benefit from SPI Stakeholder Engagement Value Stream Mapping |
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| CMMI | Implementing effective software process improvement | Introduction to CMMI Introduction to CMMI Svc Process Action Team workshops Quick-Look Appraisal Mini-Evaluation Gap Analysis Rapid Capability Evaluation |
| ISO | ISO 20000 ISO/EC 27000 ITIL |
Mentoring GAP Analysis Compliance |
| ITDA | Assessment IT Department Action Plan |
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Training
DCG-SMS is an experienced training provider.
The following are available as standard courses. Please contact us for tailored training programmes. Authorised CMMI training is provided by CPIS Ltd.
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| AGS1 A Manager’s Guide to Agile Systems |
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| AGS2 A Practitioner’s Guide to Agile Systems |
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| AGS3 Managing Agile Requirements |
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| EST1 Overview of Estimating Practice |
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| EST2 Early Estimating of Software Size |
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| EST3 Practical Estimating for Software Projects |
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| EST4 Introduction to Software Estimation with COCOMO 2 |
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| EST5 Sizing & Estimating User Stories with COSMIC |
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| EST6 Risk Analysis Workshop | |
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| MES1 Manager’s Guide to Software Metrics |
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| MES2 Practical Introduction to COSMIC FP |
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| MES3 Practical Introduction to Mk 2 |
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| MES4 Practical Introduction to IFPUG FPA |
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| MES5 FP Counting Workshop | |
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| MES6 Uses and benefits of FPA |
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| MES7 Goal Question Metric Workshop |
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| PRJ1 Managing Projects with Metrics |
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| SPI1 SEI Authorised Introduction to CMMI |
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| SPI2 SEI Authorised Introduction to CMMI for Services |
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