This post discusses the interactions between Agile software development and earned value management (EVM).

July 10, 2023 • By Stephen Wilson , Patrick R. Place , Keith Korzec

In Agile

This post provides 12 rules for successful program or project assessments.

June 19, 2023 • By William E. Novak

This post describes how to apply causal-modeling algorithms and tools to project data to identify, measure, and test causality.

May 22, 2023 • By Michael D. Konrad

In Software Engineering Research and Development

In this blog post, we explore decisions that program managers make and information they need to confidently make decisions with data from DevSecOps pipelines.

May 1, 2023 • By Bill Nichols , Julie B. Cohen

In DevSecOps

This post discusses how to reframe metrics as user stories to improve their relevance and utility.

August 29, 2022 • By Will Hayes , Patrick R. Place

In Agile

Challenges observed in making the transition from traditional development practices to digital engineering (DE).

December 13, 2021 • By Bill Nichols

The role of metrics in a government program’s assessment of progress in an iterative, incremental delivery of a system.

July 19, 2021 • By Will Hayes , Patrick R. Place , Keith Korzec

In Agile

DevSecOps practices yield useful, valuable information about software performance that is likely to lead to innovations in software engineering metrics.

March 29, 2021 • By Bill Nichols

In DevSecOps

Lost time is never found. - Ben Franklin. Driven by a competitive marketplace, software developers and programmers are often pressured to adhere to unrealistically aggressive schedules....

May 4, 2020 • By Bill Nichols

A pervasive belief in the field of software engineering is that some programmers are much, much better than others (the times-10, or x10, programmer), and that the skills...

January 27, 2020 • By Bill Nichols

In Enterprise Risk and Resilience Management