Function point metrics are the most accurate and effective metrics yet developed for software sizing and also for studying software productivity, quality, costs, risks, and economic value.
Unlike the older “lines of code” metric function points can be used to study requirements, design, and in fact all software activities from development through maintenance. Continue reading
Any enterprise that is engaged in activities with the potential for public and employee harm should be encouraged, if not required to develop and implement an integrated risk management, safety management, quality management and environmental manage system for the prevention of events with intolerable effects. Such a management system would establish various techniques by which to analyze the safety and quality of the designs of hardware and processes. Let’s look at a few design tools. Continue reading
One common error in management decision-making is sticking to short-term tactics that are inappropriate to a changed context. I’m an expert in executive management decision-making. Recently, I experienced different approaches taken by people in various roles in airline ticketing and scheduling processes. Continue reading
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While quality professionals and quality gurus keep trumpeting Innovation & Creativity, they still don’t leave their ivory tower of “rules”.
Six Sigma is an example, though excellent it might be: we live under ISO, Gemba, Muda, Kaizen, Kanban, 5S, 8D, Go-Lean, and so on ruling. It’s a fact.