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• Rightsizing Your Project In a Down Economy

April 13, 2010 Tomorrow at the Software Quality Group of New England, I’m giving a speech entitled, “Rightsizing Your Project In a Down Economy.” Truth be told, whether the economy is up or down for you, the ideas will strike a chord. I’ll be showing QSM Industry Case Studies where technology managers set the wrong […]

• What QSM and SLIM Are Finding re: Agile

April 20, 2010 This Thursday April 22nd I’m presenting case study research on Agile methods at the Nashua Scrum Club in Nashua NH. It’s entitled, “The Good, the Bad, and the Puzzling; The Agile Experience at Five Companies (UPDATED!)” This talk has elements of a keynote address from recent conferences like Better Software and Agile […]

• Rightsizing Your Project in a Down Economy

June 22, 2009 Rightsizing Your Project in a Down Economy …is the topic of a new talk that Lee Copeland – chief poombah at SQE – asked me to give at the Fall 2009 Agile Development Practices Conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando FL this November. I’ve got a few war stories […]

• QSMA @ Better Software Conference…

March 26, 2009 Join us at the Better Software Conference June 8-12 2009 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Among the many outstanding speakers is QSM Associates’ Managing Partner, Michael Mah, who will be sharing his latest findings on the state of Agile development, taken directly from his “real world” work with innovative companies who […]

• More Data Comes In on Agile

September 16, 2008 Well well… things are getting interesting on productivity, time-to-market, and defects that our research is revealing on Agile methods. The latest comes via our collaboration with Rally Software, for whom our company is an Agile Enablement Partner. There was such ballyhoo about my recent industry Keynotes and Main Stage sessions (Better Software […]

• Agile versus Offshore at the NYC SPIN Meeting

February 20, 2007 Finally getting a chance to collect my thoughts after last week’s presentation at the New York City SPIN meeting. My presentation originally began as a discussion of two case studies. In both cases the companies that I had the privilege of working decided to ask me to help them collect and analyze […]

• Ed Yourdon blogs Michael Mah…

February 14, 2007 Incisive, up-to-the-minute commentary from Ed Yourdon as he shares his thoughts on Michael Mah’s well received presentation, including thought provoking news about defect rates on offshore projects…read all about it here.

• BREAKING NEWS…blogging at NYC SPIN

February 13, 2007 Folks interested in Michael Mah’s NYC SPIN (Software Productivity Improvement Network) might want to know some important facts: 1) The renowned software research/analysist guru Ed Yourdon (“Death March,” “Byte Wars,” the recent “Outsourcing: Competing in the Global Productivity Race,” etc.) will be blogging about Michael’s presentation tonight. Those who can’t attend greatly […]

• New York SPIN Presentation: Extreme Programming (XP) & Productivity Measurement

February 8, 2007 New York SPIN Presentation: Extreme Programming (XP) & Productivity Measurement Tony Hutchings from Bank of America and chair of the New York City SPIN has graciously sent out the following invitation for a speech that I’m going to be giving there on Tuesday, February 13th. I’ll be speaking about benchmark results on […]

• Keynote Address at the Better Software Conference

June 22, 2006 Next week, I’ll be giving this keynote address at the Better Software Conference in Las Vegas Nevada. I’m pretty excited about sharing a case study demonstrating before/after productivity and defect patterns on Agile Methods. My team collected actual time-to-market, effort, sizing, and defect information for an organization that made a major strategic […]