Game Changing Practices in Software: Data from Recent Benchmark Research

As agile practices become mainstream, compelling patterns are being revealed about defect rates, time-to-market, and effort/staffing. Industry data from QSM Associates reveals that many companies grapple with collocation, pair programming, offshoring, and combining agile with waterfall methods. Some of the best teams find significant schedule and quality implications that are literally redefining the economics of software; others are not. What factors make a meaningful difference? With the latest industry analysis, Michael Mah discusses productivity, time-to-market, quality, and cost patterns as agile communities mature. Serving as a comparison framework is the QSM SLIM industry database, with more than 12,000 completed projects—waterfall, agile, offshore, onshore—collected worldwide. Michael Mah shares findings that can help accelerate your success. Join Michael to find out how to assess your own patterns and apply the findings to your development practices.