Eight Ways to Simplify Access to Your Data

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Hello and welcome to the Distributive ENote. Our monthly newsletter will provide events, news and information related to measuring and managing systems, software and IT projects.

This ENote will also provide information about Distributive's market leading solution, DataDrill. Distributive Management's DataDrill simplifies and speeds the use of measurement as a tool for getting to market sooner, raising product quality and reducing the risk associated with product development.

Improving Process Through CMMI Implementation

Software managers use CMMI measurement and analysis to develop plans, review progress of actual performance and take action to identify and resolve issues of poor process or product performance.

Organizations use this measurement process to provide the information that managers need to adhere to their organization's management policy. As part of that policy, managers are required to review status information and then perform tasks based on this information.

While the CMMI is simple to understand, implementation can be more difficult. An automated solution helps your organization:

Spend less time defining, implementing and institutionalizing a measurement and analysis process
Focus on the results of the measurement process and not on building scripts, tools and other glue to implement it
Accommodate management and measurement process changes before and after the assessment
Deploy a platform that supports "defined" and "organizational" measurement (at levels 2 and 3), as well as statistical process control, advanced analysis and process optimization (at levels 4 and 5)
Integrate measurement into management and oversight functions - your organization delivers provides mangers with the data they need to manage according to your policies and standards

To learn more about improving process through automated CMMI solutions, click here.

Eight Ways to Simplify Access to Your Data

How easy is it for you to differentiate your actual cost and your budgeted plans? Are those numbers easily measured against your defect levels and staff availability? Are you struggling with multiple sources of data and different reporting methods?

DataDrill brings together the goals of the software project team and the organization in one simple package. Right out of the box you can use dashboards, performance metrics, compliance tracking and best practices. DataDrill will give you up-to-date management information that you just can't do without.

With DataDrill, software projects can:

Launch an Out-of-the-Box Measurement Process
Implement the CMMI at any Maturity Level
Deploy Software Management Best Practices
Manage Projects by Exception
Aggregate and Report at All Organizational Levels
Demonstrate Compliance Against Standards and Models
Quickly Initiate a New Software Development Project
Integrate and Collect Key Software Project Metrics

To learn more about how you can access your data, click here for a free consultation or register for our free webinar.

Check Out Our May Webinar:
Organizational Measurements - Error Filled Data or Accurate and Complete Reporting?

Join our free 1 hour webinar to see how DataDrill makes your organizational data accessible and easy to use. See how DataDrill can help you understand how projects and programs are truly doing and enable you to make the most effective decisions to optimize performance.

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010
Time: 1pm ET (GMT -5)

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May 2010

In This Issue

Improving Process Through CMMI Implementation

Eight Ways to Simplify Access to Your Data

May Webinar: Organizational Measurements

Improve Your Skill Set and Become a More Valuable Asset in Just One Week!

Take a Look at what Data Drill Can Do For Your Organization!

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