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Sails Set - Towards the Shoals?
...neither sailboats nor software projects ever travel directly along the route planned. Both are subject to many forces that divert the progress actually made.
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M&S Productivity
Helpful analysis and key action priorities for improving software Maintenance and Support(M&S) productivity
Maturity Brings a Different View
of the hierarchy in higher maturity organisations.
Services
Project Integrity
Managing Risk (Analysis and Amelioration)
Early preventative action could mean the difference between success and failure of every project. The job is not done until all identified threats have been managed in some way.
Risk Management Workshop
A group exercise to find and analyse probable project risks then develop strategies to ameliorate them.
Early Estimation
Estimating software size from the feasability stage through to early requirements gathering. Also approppriate for otuline designs.
Estimating Cost, Duration, Effort, etc
Developing estimates of cost etc from measurements or estimates of size in combination with other constraints.
Starting a Measurement Programme
A measurement programme is part of a means to an end (one or more business objectives). To deliver any benefit the objective(s) must be clearly understood first and then the measurement programme must be designed to support them.
Construction Integrity
Measuring Requirements and Changes
Measuring the functional size of change requests and estimating their impact in terms of cost, duration, effort etc.
Software Size Measures
Technology independent, systematic and objective methods for analysing, estimating and measuring the functionality of a software system.
Product Stability and Integrity
Process Consultancy
To develop, improve and support processes against industry standards and best practice.
Training
Project Integrity
Managing Project Risk  
Learn a systematic, repeatable approach that ensures teams identify, monitor and mitigate the threats to successful delivery of stakeholder requirements
Risk Analysis Workshop 
Use this team workshop at any time during a project to identify threats to your project and agree what to do to ensure success
Early Estimating of Software Size
A systematic & repeatable way to estimate using the partial information available during the first days of a project
Practical Estimating for Software Projects
Predict and control the effort, team size, schedule and cost of your software projects using proven methods
Manager’s Guide to Software Measurement 
Understand how disciplined, quantitative practices can be used to control costs and maximise productivity.
Construction Integrity
Uses and Benefits of Function Point Analysis
Learn how FPA can help your projects manage the acquisition, development, integration and support of software systems
A functional requirement can only be considered well formed when it can be measured using a Functional Size Measure (FSM). SMS provides training in:
COSMIC FFP for Sizing & Estimating MIS and Real-Time Software Requirements
Learn how to measure the software component of software-intensive systems using the latest ISO-standard method
Practical use of IFPUG Function Point Analysis
Learn the most popular technique for measuring the functional size of software applications and projects
Practical use of MkII Function Point Analysis
Learn the UK Government’s preferred technique for measuring the functional size of software applications and projects
Product Stability and Integrity
Inspections and Peer Reviews
Learn and experience the various roles necessary for reviews that are effective and efficient at detecting and removing defects
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