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Distributive Management
Healthy Projects or Pigs With Lipstick?
The Top 10 Questions Every Project Manager Should Ask Their Metrics Dashboard
A webinar presented by:
Don BaxterDistributive Managementwww.distributive.com
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About The Webinar
You will learn during this webinar:
• How to use metrics dashboards to quickly and consistently evaluate project health
• How DataDrill automates the delivery of accurate software project metrics
• How supporting indicators and analysis help managers achieve a greater level of insight
• How DataDrill provides objective monitoring and evidence of compliance with standards and processes
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Webinar Overview
A few points about our GoToWebinar:
• Phones are muted.
• You can use the Question option in your tool bar to submit questions. Answers will be provided as the webinar proceeds.
• You may also type questions into the Chat area – the moderator will address these questions at the end of the session.
• You can use the “Satisfaction indicators” to let us know if the message is getting across.
• Maximize your computer screen to view the slides at full size.
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Webinar Outline
• Introduction to Distributive Management
• Purpose of Measurement
• Project Health
• Top 10 Key Questions
• Conclusion
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Who is Distributive Management?
Leaders in Measurement Innovation Since 1992
For more than 15 years, Distributive Management has been leading the way . Utilizing the latest Web technologies, we give organizations unsurpassed measurement capabilities that support the most recent measurement standards and management techniques.
Our Mission
We will increase the competitiveness of your organization by improving your insight into business performance.
Peter Baxter, President
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Our Clients
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Global Presence
Distributive locations
Distributors
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Experience in Measurement
Practical Knowledge
• Member of the ISO SC/7 Working Group which wrote ISO-15939, Measurement Standard (which contributed the vocabulary and activities/tasks to the CMMI)
• Part of INCOSE Measurement Working Group industry review team to provide comments to SEI on draft M&A process
• Working group chair of INCOSE Measurement Working Group; IEEE Project Editor and WG chair; PSM Transition Partner and Trainer; ISO Editor, Reviewer and WG member; PMI MetSig member
Real World Experience
• Over 150 sites have achieved CMMI rating 3 or higher using DataDrill
• Currently 45 sites operating at level 5 using DataDrill as the central measurement repository
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Purpose of Measurement
Organizational Initiatives
Process Maturity Goals
Practice Quantitative Management
Manage Projects
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Healthy Projects
A healthy project delivers quality products and services to their customers within budget and schedule
To make a project healthy, managers must:
• Create a credible estimate of what it will take to build the required functionality
• Establish performance targets and monitor them regularly
• Manage risks and issues
Demo scenario: Healthy Projects or Pigs with Lipstick?
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Within budget and schedule?
Projected cost to
complete?
Understand project risks?
Measuring product quality?
Managing requirement
changes?
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Credible project estimate?
The size of the effort?
Issues to be worked this
week?
Communic-ation to stake-
holders?
Compliance with corporate
goals?
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The Solution …
EXPRESS Measurement
System
Process Definition
Data Collection
Dashboards and
Graphing
• Creates a central measurement repository
• Generate objective evidence for management oversight and CMMI compliance
• Automatically generate measurement documents
• Demonstrate compliance with policy, other standards/models
• Quickly initiate new projects
• Integrate and collect critical metric data
EXPRESS automates the entire measurement process.
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EXPRESS Automates Your Measurement Plan
EXPRESS Measurement
System
Process Definition
Data Collection
Dashboards and
Graphing
• Library captures management best practices
• Replaces paper documentation• Provides guidance & knowledge
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EXPRESS Automates Your Measurement Plan
EXPRESS Measurement
System
Process Definition
Data Collection
Dashboards and
Graphing
• Collector gathers required data• Integrates with Library to extract data
required by management policy• Generates scripts automatically – no
need to develop / maintain integrations
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EXPRESS Automates Your Measurement Plan
EXPRESS Measurement
System
Process Definition
Data Collection
Dashboard and Graphing
• Web-based information delivery
• Dashboards, graphs and reports
• Saves managers time with an integrated repository
• Manage by exception
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DataDrill EXPRESS Components
EXPRESS Web Client
license types
EXPRESS Server
EXPRESS Library
EXPRESS Portal
Measurement Repository
EXPRESS Collectors
SQLInterfaces
Application Interfaces
GeneralInterfaces
Microsoft
HP
IBM/Rational
IBM/Telelogic
Oracle
SQL Server
ODBC
CSV
Excel
XML
Access
Web
Services
Management
Activities
Data
Collection
Managers
Administrators
Executives
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Managing with DataDrill EXPRESS
EXPRESS provides managers with an integrated solution for defining and
applying best practices, planning and estimating their projects, reviewing
collected data then guiding projects to completion.
Project and Organizational Management
Built-In Best Practices Management Reporting/Dashboards
Compliance Project Planning
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Summary
With DataDrill EXPRESS:
• automate labor intensive and error prone all aspects of quantitative management and measurement reporting.
• deploy built-in Library of best practices and data collection to instantly start or accelerate your quality journey.
• bring value as the central measurement repository and through the use of performance metrics, summaries and status alerts
• achieve a level of management insight with content-rich, action-oriented displays and alerts
• integrate directly to your data sources without scripting or reliance on IT
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For More Information
• Visit our web site
• Read a white paper and other resources
• View our product flash demos
• Check product data sheets
• Call one of our Success Representatives
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Thank You For Your Time
Distributive Management
109 Olde Greenwich Drive, Suite 102
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22408
540-891-8811 / 8885 fax
http://www.distributive.com
