Fraunhofer USA Center Mid-Atlantic CMAMeasurement is an opportunity for teams to learn about development progress, about improvement opportunities, about their business, and about their stakeholders. Fraunhofer USA CMA scientists have worked with a variety of organizations: from government agencies to cutting-edge innovators to small-medium enterprises. We tailor measurement programs to the specific needs, goals, and constraints of our collaborators. Our Goal-Question-Metric (GQM) approach is an industry best practice that we use to: 1) elicit clear, feasible and actionable goals for software measurement; 2) implement concrete measurement plans that provide the most benefit with the least intrusiveness. Our hands-on course on goal-based software measurement has had participation from organizations that represent the leading edge in safety-critical and system-of-systems development.
- Perform assessment of software processes and artifacts to ensure sound design and architecture, use of best practices, and regulatory compliance
- Assist customers with applying both technical and management best practices in well-established reference models and methodologies (e.g., CMMI, scrum) for systems acquisition and development
- Build process performance baselines and predictive models to assist customers in managing development projects quantitatively
- Implement tools and processes for facilitating process and product data analytics including data collection, analysis, and reporting
- Provide oversight of design and development practices to help mitigate risks associated with requirements creep, software growth, and schedule changes
- Train customers to apply goal-based software measurement methodologies to manage systems development