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Issue: 015  |  January 2010
Lean Enterprise Architecture
The first of a series of papers by Grant Rule on how leading executives achieve better business performance from softsystems.



 
How healthy are your softsystems?

Buy your business a New Year health check. With the SMS Symptomatic Diagnostic, it takes just a day working with one of our experienced consultants to position your organisation on the scale of effectiveness (below)
Rightshifting Diagram
This unique insight into the whole-life performance of your software-intensive systems is the first step to joining the high performers on the right. A modest shift up the performance scale can mean up to 75% reduction in whole life costs. Improved productivity. Improved quality. Improved business value.

For more information contact Sue Rule, tel. 44(0)1732 863760 or visit http://www.rightshifting.co.uk



London SPIN
28th January 2010
Accenture, 7th Floor,
1 Plantation Place, Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BD




NEW Online training courses...
5 x 2.5 hour on-line sessions
£89.00 + VAT / EUR 98.00
(Per session)

Introduction to IFPUG 4 .2 FPA
25th - 29th January, 2010


Introduction to COSMIC FPA
1st - 5th February, 2010


Not quite what you need?
We will tailor a knowledge transfer programme to suit your needs and your budget, and deliver the result your business needs from investment in training.

 
extreme Measurement
Clifford Shelley considers the psychology of metrics and the cause and effect of dysfunctional measurement programmes.


CMMI for Services
Eileen Forrester, the Software Engineering Institute’s project lead for CMMI Svc will be guest speaker at the January meeting of the London SPIN group.


The CMMI, Innovation and Creativity
A Lost Promise? At the January meeting of London SPIN Marilyn Bush considers what has happened to the culture of creativity which informed the genesis of the CMMI.


 
   



SMS Launches On-line FPA training 

The new web-based SMS Introduction to IFPUG 4.2 FPA and Introduction to COSMIC FPA provide a thorough grounding in the chosen functional size measurement method.

Participants completing the whole 5-session course will receive a certificate with the results achieved in their end-of-course exam.




SMS Webinar Series 

The 2009 series of SMS webinars covered subjects such as outcome based agreements, requirements, IT Service management, benefits realisation, and much more.
A full index and recordings of all webinars are available
 

Are you LinkedIn? 

We would like to hear from Improvement Champion readers. Join the SMS Knowledge Group on http://www.LinkedIn.com to join the debate on Rightshifting softsystems performance and keep up to date with events and developments.

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