Presented by Harold van Heeringen
Session Description:
Effective IT management within development projects is more critical than ever. A common misconception is that agile, DevOps, and multidisciplinary teams negate the need for planning, cost estimation, leadership, and performance measurement. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
In reality, many projects and programs, especially as they scale in size and complexity, operate with insufficient visibility. This lack of oversight often leads to significant cost overruns and projects that spiral out of control. Without objective insights into team performance, predictability and cost estimation accuracy suffer dramatically.
Data-driven insights are essential to understanding the value delivered by development teams, including its impact on project scope and quality. Measurement plays a crucial role in achieving this understanding.
By leveraging measurement data, organizations can recalibrate long-term effort, duration, and cost estimates based on actual productivity. This data empowers senior management to gain a clear understanding of project progress, enabling them to provide active guidance and direction. The result is increased predictability, greater value creation for the allocated budget, and improved organizational outcomes.
Key words:
agile teams, performance measurement, agile estimation, software cost estimation, benchmarking.
Speaker Bio:
Harold van Heeringen (Harold) works as a principal consultant and practice lead for IT Intelligence services (including Measurement, Estimation & Performance measurement) services for Metri, an international IT sourcing advice and IT Benchmarking services provider. Metri is part of IDC, a leading international IT Research and Analysis company.
Harold was president of the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG) from 2011 until 2019 and is still a director of the board. Harold is the current president of Nesma, the international organization focusing on maintaining the Nesma ISO standard for functional size measurement and the application of software metrics based on functional size in business decisions regarding software cost estimation, (agile) team performance measurement, benchmarking, outsourcing, contracting, etc. Harold is also involved as a board member in the Special Interest Group Software of the International Cost Estimation and Analysis Association (ICEAA).