In this webinar, Steve Hall, author of "Managing Global Development Risk,” discusses the challenge of aligning vendor SLAs with long term business value. Steve discusses how you can build healthier and transparent relationships between vendors and customers by incorporating application structural quality measurement and practical, meaningful metrics to mitigate risk. You’ll learn how you can avoid vendor lock-in, improve production support activities and align metrics between vendors and project managers.
To view the webinar, visit http://www.castsoftware.com/news-events/event/vendor-management?gad=ss
12. POLL QUESTION 1
How many ADM vendors does your organization
or your client work with?
1-3 vendors
More than 6 vendors
27%
29%
I don't know
4-6 vendors
12%
32%
16. POLL QUESTION 2
Do your outsourcing/customer SLAs include metrics
on the technical quality of code being delivered?
Never
9% Ad hoc
I don’t know
11% 35%
At the end of a
release
27%
At every build
18%
19. POLL QUESTION 3
Do your outsourcing/customer SLAs include metrics
on the technical quality of code being delivered?
I don't know
Yes 10%
26%
No
36%
Sometimes
28%
26. Market Leader in Software Analysis & Measurement
Ambitious Introduce fact-based transparency into application development and
Mission sourcing to transform it into a management discipline
Broad market presence in Europe & North America
Rock Solid Strongly endorsed by software industry gurus and long term investors
Foundation $100 million of investment in R&D, driven by top talent in computer
science and software engineering
Pioneer and recognized market leader in Software Analysis &
Market Leader
Measurement (SAM) since 1999
Cool Vendor in Application Services – 2011
“IT services providers need to care because they will soon see a growing
number of their deliveries measured by CAST metrics.”
- Helen Huntley, Research VP, Gartner
27. Analyzing, Measuring and Benchmarking IT Software Assets
Key Application Software Characteristics Software Analysis & Measurement Services
Risk Drivers Software Quality Gate
• Robustness • Parallel process to system testing
• Performance • Pre-production structural analysis
• Security of mission critical software
Cost Drivers
• Transferability
• Changeability Application Assessments
• Maintainability • Investigation of troubled projects,
persistent application issues
Alerts, trending, • Pre/post M&A due diligence
root cause analysis • Deep analysis of cost/risk drivers
Sizing Metrics for Productivity Tracking Benchmarking to Like Applications
• Automated Function Point Changes Due to a Sequence of
• Unique repository
Function Change Requests of structural
Points 40 1
35
2 3 4 5
quality metrics
# Function Points
• Technical 30
25 • Compare to
20
sizing 15
10
similar apps at
• Effort 5
0
industry peers
0 50 100 150 200
estimation Cumulative Effort (Staff Hours)
28. CAST Inserts Actionable Visibility
CAST Application Intelligence Center CxO & VP, …
Dashboard, reports
CAST Application
Intelligence PlatformTM
AI Management Studio
Knowledge Base
Approx one thousand rules and
best practices PM, QA, Architects…
Decade of software engineering Std enforcement
expertise Early ID of violations
CAST Application Analysis Engine Drill down to root cause
CAST Native CAST UA 3rd party
Analyzers (28) scripts analyzers
Delivered Source Code: Dev Teams, Suppliers
CICS, IMS, COBOL, DB2 z/OS, PL/I Arch. visibility / Quick wins
J2EE, .NET and all Major RDBMS Software engineering expertise
Web Apps, BI, EAI, C/C++, VB, PB Continuous training/coaching
Siebel, SAP, PSFT, OBS, Amdocs
29. Tangible and Measured Value
Mitigate business risks with improved structural quality
Better applications for higher business resiliency and continuity
Risk-proofed projects more likely to deliver business benefits on time
Make IT and suppliers more productive
Eliminate waste in ADM
Prevent coding errors in development: 10x savings in rework per coding error
Keep technical debt from growing: up to 10% saving in maintenance cost
Benchmark then optimize resources: maintenance savings potential
Better reuse of frameworks and components: up to 10% of dev budget
Reduce waste in operations
Improve efficiency of large complex transactions & batch processes: up to 5% mips
Reduce troubleshooting and rollover costs: lower Ops staff overtime
Apply consistent measurement & KPIs for superior visibility
Up to 10% of ADM budget, esp. ADM outsourcing
“Applying the principles of lean manufacturing to ADM can increase productivity
by 20 to 40 percent while improving the quality and speed of execution.”
- Ranjit Tinaikar, Principal, Head of NA IT Management Practice
30. Market Leader and Pioneer
250 Global Leaders Rely on CAST
SIsUse & Promote CAST
SIs Resell CAST Industry Groups Engage CAST
Key Influencers Recognize CAST
32. Contact Information
Lev Lesokhin Steve Hall
l.lesokhin@castsoftware.com steven.hall@isg-one.com
www.castsoftware.com www.isg-one.com
blog.castsoftware.com considerthesourceblog.com
@OnQuality @isg_news
slideshare.net/castsoftware
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