Posts tagged with the "product metrics" tag
Output-Based Application Management
June 27, 2011 | Be the first to comment! You need an application delivered fast. And you’re willing to pay more to get it done quickly. But how much more should you pay? That depends of course on your supplier’s productivity. The more productive they are, the more they can charge on a per-hour basis. That’s because their productivity enables …Read More
Supplementing Project Metrics with Quality Metrics
January 25, 2010 | Be the first to comment! Why would IBM Rational, a leader in tools for improving software delivery, work hard to integrate the CAST Application Intelligence Adapter into IBM Rational Insight? Because CAST's quality metrics are a unique and vital addition to IBM Insight. Quality metrics are vital to delivering a product that will live up to the …Read More
Run Your Apps Through C-A-S-T!
January 20, 2010 | Be the first to comment! Run Your Apps Through C-A-S-T! (Sung to the tune of YMCA by the Village People) IT, there's no need to feel down. I said, IT, pick yourself off the ground. I said, IT, 'cause your website is down And your CIO has left town. IT, there's a place you can go. I said, IT, when your uptime …Read More
Measure IT, Manage IT, Master IT!
January 19, 2010 | Be the first to comment! Kickoff 2010! Every year, the entire company gathers in one physical location to strengthen relationships, forge new ones, and internalize CAST's values and goals. Kickoff 2010 was super! I was delighted to meet some good friends and make many new ones. The intelligence and creativity of CAST folks is impressive …Read More
Be Like Usain Bolt – Measure Output
October 18, 2009 | Be the first to comment! In a recent post I wrote about the craziness of just measuring the things you do to build something, without ever measuring the quality of the thing you build. Imagine Michelangelo Buonarroti measuring the force and angle of his blows on stone without any sense of the beauty of the statue …Read More
Three Types of Software Quality
October 17, 2009 | 2 Comments There are three basic types of software quality. Functional Quality -- a measure of what the software does vs. what it's supposed to do Non-Functional Quality -- a measure of how well it does it vs. how well it's supposed to do it Latent Quality -- a measure of how well it will …Read More