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Namcook Analytics LLC Software Assessment and Benchmark Model – (C) Capers Jones

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Capers Jones pixNamcook Analytics LLC provides estimating, benchmark, and assessment services for corporate and government clients.  The benchmark data is collected using a unique and proprietary method developed by Capers Jones to eliminate “leakage.”  Most civilian software projects do not collect complete data.  The most common omissions are unpaid overtime, project management, and the work of specialists such as technical writers and quality assurance.    Continue reading →

#11 – COVER YOUR ASSETS 101 AND PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY – ED PERKINS

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIs plausible deniability dead?

One strategy of corporate counsel that has been shown in various media reports is “plausible deniability”.  Ethics rules for attorneys may require them to reveal compromising facts to the opposing side.  If you can show you didn’t know that the plant could blow up and it blew up; then it may not be your fault.  Nice legal term called ‘legal causation’.  No facts to prove the case.  Sorry victims, it was an act of God, an accident.

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#11 – SOFTWARE PATTERN MATCHING – (C) CAPERS JONES

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Capers Jones pixPattern matching is a predictive methodology that uses a formal taxonomy to compare results of historical software projects against the possible outcomes of new software projects that are about to start development.

Pattern matching for software starts with a questionnaire that uses multiple-choice questions.  These questions elicit information about a new project, such as its nature, scope, class, type, and complexity. Continue reading →