Abstract:
What You Will Learn:
Get In the Driver’s Seat to Avoid Out-of-Control Projects

What’s in a perfect software metric? More than numbers plotted on a graph, a perfect metric paints a better picture. By incorporating information that increases management insight, perfect metrics are more effective tools for decision-making, problem avoidance and troubleshooting.

Distributive Management has been a software metrics expert for over 15 years, participating in organizations such as INCOSE , as an author of ISO/IEEE standards, and as a contributor to the CMMI. During the webinar, we’ll show you how our metrics dashboard software, DataDrill, puts management teams in the driver’s seat with more complete metrics that connect status data with management knowledge to help projects avoid common pitfalls.

We’ll set the stage by troubleshooting, as examples, project problems such as being behind schedule, not meeting requirements, and poor quality.

Topics include:
• Creating and Delivering Perfect Metrics
• Ensuring Metrics Are Easily Consumable
• Increasing Metrics Utilization
• Tracking Trends, Plans, Status and Compliance
• Incorporating Notes, Analysis, Action Items


Presenter:
Don Baxter has been involved in the field of software and systems management for the past 13 years. He is presently a Senior Account Manager at Distributive Management, where he provides measurement and metrics solutions. He is privileged to work with leading technology companies to deploy quantitative measurement and management systems. His career includes a wide range of program management functions within the defense department and government, including the U.S. Navy’s AEGIS combat system, various weapon systems, NASA and the U.S. Army. He gained experience in all aspects of systems and software development, including configuration management (CCB/CRB), test planning/coordination, budgeting and estimation and requirements engineering.

Mr. Baxter has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, and a Master Degree in Information Technology Management from George Washington University (1987).