ENote: Software Project Dashboards & Performance Measurement with DataDrill EXPRESS

May 2008, Issue #101

Complimentary Webinar: Fast Track to CMMI Compliance

Freshen Up Your Project Management Skills

Distributive DataDrill is Major Contributor to Achieving CMMI Level 3 Compliance

Examining the Results of CMMI Improvement: The DACS ROI Dashboard

On-Demand Webinar Available: Spot-On CMMI Assessments Begin with CMMI Dashboards & PIIs

Distributive Event Calendar

Conundrum: A Special Date

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used
~ Carl Sagan

Complimentary Webinar — Fast Track to CMMI Compliance You know how important it is to implement CMMI in your organization – it’s the competitive edge that’s often the "admission ticket" for getting contracts and achieving business performance improvements. But for many organizations, it can be a long, time-consuming effort to achieve the next CMMI maturity level. More than 75% of Distributive’s clients have CMMI active initiatives and have achieved ratings of Level 3 or higher. DataDrill EXPRESS is the leading tool selected by companies to ensure CMMI compliance. We invite you to learn how DataDrill EXPRESS streamlines your CMMI process improvement initiative - whether you are aiming for Level 2 or supporting Level 5. In this May 14th webinar you will learn how DataDrill’s CMMI solution enables you to: Establish a central measurement repository Automate manual processes from data collection to report generation Standardize and deploy organizational processes Increase the reliability & repeatability of execution Create content-rich, action-oriented displays and alerts During the demonstration, we will show DataDrill’s fully integrated measurement best practices library, compliance dashboards, performance indicators, and intelligent data integrations. Sign up to learn more about how DataDrill for CMMI automates measurement execution and visibility, putting your organization on the fast track to successful CMMI compliance. Date: Wed. May 14, 2008 Time: 1:00pm ET (GMT-5) Duration: 1 Hour Cost: Free Register Now

Freshen Up Your Project Management Skills Recorded webinars are available now from last month's PMI Metrics Special Interest Group (MetSIG) Congress. PMPs earn 1 PDU for each webinar. DataDrill Dashboard Tool Webinar Track: Automated Dashboards and Measures for the Project Management Office Avoid the Banana Peel – What to Do When Your Project Slips Measurement Driven Earned Value Using DataDrill EXPRESS for CMMI and Process Improvement Visibility Delivered: DataDrill EXPRESS Project Dashboards What DataDrill EXPRESS Does for Software Project Performance Management That Excel Doesn't Spend an hour or two conveniently refreshing your project management skills: https://metsig.org/categories.aspx?category=132

Distributive DataDrill is Major Contributor to Achieving CMMI Level 3 Maturity Rating Distributive Management congratulates another customer, a global leader in Integrated Information and Communication Systems technology, on successfully achieving a Level 3 maturity rating using the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Development. The centralized use of Distributive Management’s DataDrill performance measurement software was cited by the assessment team as a particular area of strength and a major contributor to the organization’s rating and clearly showed that it performs at CMMI maturity Level 3. “The objective evidence supplied by DataDrill unmistakably documents and demonstrates an organization’s increases in process maturity at all levels,” explains Don Baxter, Distributive Management Sales. Read the full press release


Examining the Results of CMMI® Improvement: The DACS ROI Dashboard© The Data & Analysis Center for Software (DACS) has been collecting Return On Investment (ROI) data from software process improvement activities for over 10 years. The earliest results of those collection efforts were first published in 1996 and then updated in 1999 in a DACS report titled “A Business Case for Software Process Improvement.” That report still gets downloaded on average 250 times per month. The ROI Dashboard© augments and updates the DACS Report with the latest published data on the benefits of software technical and management improvements including SEI CMMI. Access to the ROI Dashboard is free; registration with DACS is required. Use the ROI Dashboard: https://www.thedacs.com/databases/roi/

On-Demand Webinar Available: Spot-On CMMI Assessments Begin with CMMI Dashboards & PIIs Practice Implementation Indicators (PIIs) can be your process improvement initiative’s best friend, especially as you prepare for your CMMI assessment. Distributive Management’s web-based performance measurement software, DataDrill EXPRESS, delivers key information to your process improvement team: PII Performance and Progress Metrics Plan vs Actual Tracking Rating Metrics PII Dashboards and Color-Coded Results Indicators Evidence of Measurement and Analysis Process Area Capability Watch this free, on-demand webinar now to learn more about how DataDrill EXPRESS eases the pain of one of the most difficult and costly components of preparing for a CMMI appraisal. Evaluate DataDrill for your organization: Attend a live webinar Request a one-on-one demo with our sales team Watch an online demo of DataDrill

Conundrum: A Special Date What's special about the 5th of April 2006, and specifically two minutes and three seconds after one o'clock in the morning? Get the Answer	Upcoming Events You can see DataDrill in action at these events: May 14 Webinar - Fast Track to CMMI Compliance Online with Distributive Management 1:00-2:00 PM ET (GMT-5) Details and more events

Distributive Management ~ 800.779.6306 ~ info@distributive.com ~ sales@distributive.com

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