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Welcome to Distributive Management
Greetings!
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.
Also, this ENote provides information about DataDrill, Distributive's market leading performance measurement solution. 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.
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Webinar Event:
Key Elements to Peer Reviews
Identify, Alert and Correct
DataDrill and Code Collaborator Work in Unison
What is the confidence level of accuracy in your peer review process? Research shows that software quality can be easily controlled and improved using tools that bring more than just the traditional idea of quality and performance. Implementing a centralized process to add, edit, monitor and share real-time peer review results will most certainly guarantee a very efficient and cost-effective way to manage the demands of a high level software product, providing quality that will positively impact the end user.
Join us to see DataDrill 4.2 and Code Collaborator 6.0 in action. Distributive Management and SmartBear will both present during this live webinar, demonstrating the exceptional ease in functionality, customization, features and benefits that no other solution can offer.
In this webinar, techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling peer reviews and inspections are explained and demonstrated. Code Collaborator stores and tracks code review and code quality information, while DataDrill analyzes and provides status reporting of peer reviews along with other project information. This integrated combination, of Code Collaborator and DataDrill, gives managers confidence that peer reviews and inspections are raising the quality of software or software-intensive products.
- View Code Collaborator's capability from start to finish, as it guides the peer review process.
- See how managers can establish planned expectations and targets for peer reviews and compare progress vs. goals.
- Learn how to reduce the number of software defects entering the unit, systems and test activities.
- Review real-time progress information delivery and address the peer review findings.
- Get a glimpse of the ready-to-use best practice indicators used for the peer review process.
- See the built-in rule analysis alerts in action, used to alert managers of process errors.
Invest in the quality of your Peer Review process.
Gather your team members and register to attend this live co-webinar event with SmartBear Software.
Date: November 11, 2010
Time: 1:00pm EDT (GMT-5)
Duration: 1 Hour
Location: Your Desktop
Cost: Free
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DataDrill Power User Training
Complimentary - 1 Day Session
Current Clients Invited to Attend
Objective:
This training event is provided to current customers and partners to provide a technical refresher course of the many capabilities offered in EXPRESS, plus cover the latest highlights of our most current release, 4.2. We are confident this event will increase your knowledge and to enhance the use and performance of EXPRESS in your organizations and utilize the untapped capabilities in DataDrill. The event is open to both Integrated and EXPRESS customers, as we prepare for the DataDrill 5.0 release, the "common platform" release.
Key Areas to be Covered:
- System Components
- Data Collection
- Queries & Equations
- Graphs and Snapshot Grids
- Tailoring Dashboards
- Unit Configuration
- and more...
Date: December 1, 2010
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT (GMT-5)
Day: Wednesday
Location: Distributive Management Facility
Cost: Free
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WhitePaper:
Measurement Process Effectiveness
Quantify Measurement Benefits
A measurement process is more and more becoming a required component in the management tool set. Despite increased commitment of resources to an organizational measurement process, few organizations include a means for quantifying and improving the effectiveness of their measurement process within the ongoing business activities. This paper presents an integrated framework for quantifying the effectiveness of a measurement program through a periodic assessment activity. Measurement effectiveness is quantified by examining the extent to which the measurement process goals and objectives are met; and the extent to which managers utilize measurement information during decision-making. This assessment process can be an integrated component of an organizational measurement process.
Circle of Plan-Do-Study-Act, with the assessment framework providing an independent assessment of how well the entire process is being performed. This paper presents a step-wise approach for planning and conducting the assessment. Ba sic Measurement Process
Take a look at a few of our other White Papers!
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Have You Asked the Expert?
Before you create a dashboard or PMO, shouldn't you have the right indicators or information needs? DataDrill provides a quick "expert" utility where you identify the business need, risks or issues, and Ivan recommends proven indicators. Visit our website:
DataDrill EXPRESS Indicator Expert
Select your business needs and get an instant report outlining best practice recommendations, emailed directly to you. |
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Conundrum:
At the local games evening, four lads were competing in the Scrabble and chess competitions. Liam beat Mark in chess, James came third and the 16 year old won. Liam came second in Scrabble, the 15 year old won, James beat the 18 year old and the 19 year old came third. Kevin is 3 years younger than Mark. The person who came last in chess, came third in Scrabble and only one lad got the same position in both games.
Can you determine the ages of the lads and the positions in the two games?
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