Vector Consulting Services Newsletter May 2008
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Vector Consulting Services Newsletter May 2008 |
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welcome to the first edition of the newsletter „VCS news“. We are pleased being able to keep you informed on experiences with processes and tools for systems and software engineering. Every newsletter contains practical experiences and refers to concrete results that we achieved together with clients. For each newsletter we offer an overview study with up-to-date contents. Get advanced information – for free! And send us your questions, remarks or topics you want to see covered. We hope you enjoy your reading and wish you success with your projects, Dr. Christof Ebert & Dr. Dieter Lederer Managing directors of Vector Consulting Services Your Partner in Achieving Engineering Excellence
Successful companies have realized that success in software and IT businesses highly depends on product management. This overview by Vector Consulting Services provides insight and concrete guidance for clarifying the role of the product manager. It underlines our experiences with introducing product management to software and IT companies, summarizes essentials and our own experiences, and shows the major tasks and their application to daily business. Examples and benchmarks of successful enterprises conclude this overview.
From 23. to 25. of June 2008 the International SPICE Days take place in Prague, Czech Republic. The SPICE Days are a conference where practitioners from a variety of companies meet and exchange experiences on efficient and objective-driven usage of SPICE. Our own experiences in applying SPICE to hardware engineering show that the standard has much more practical relevance than often assumed. Of course, we sponsor this major conference and we are present with our own exhibition booth. Come and visit our booth, have a chat and get your special present.
Process improvement is key in aligning engineering with business objectives. A lot of effort has been spent in improvement programs, but the results are not always tangible as a concrete economic benefit. As part of the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) in Leipzig, Vector Consulting Services together with Siemens organized on May 13, 2008 an industry workshop on the topic of „Business impacts of process improvements (BIPI)“.
The effort to engineer electronical systems — and especially their underlying software components — is continuously increasing. To control the development cost of such systems, better utilizing engineering competencies, and enhancing product quality despite ever growing complexity, engineering processes are continuously improved. The quality and capability of such processes is checked by means of maturity models. But: How do such maturity models relate to creativity and the need to innovate? Do processes perhaps negatively impact creativity? The German ATZelektronik journal has asked different companies. Vector Consulting Services has provided a position statement.
How relevant do you consider efficiency improvement? Participate in our online survey. Share your own experiences and needs with us and our readers. It only takes a few mouse clicks to go through this survey. After providing your results you can see all results submitted so far. The evaluation and overall results of the survey are provided in the next issue of „VCS news“.
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