Nesma offers significant discounts on ISBSG corporate subscriptions! Nesma encourages organizations that are serious about improving their decision-making capabilities based on data to become ISBSG corporate subscriber. This subscription gives you the most value possible and helps you leverage the…
Read MoreAutumn conference in retrospect
On Thursday November 9, the annual Nesma Autumn Conference took place at the Soester Duinen, in Soest (NL). The theme of the conference was “Metrics in contracts, how to avoid horror stories”. About 60 visitors attended the conference. Remarkable was…
Read MoreTerugblik najaarsconferentie
Op donderdag 9 november vond in de Soester Duinen in Soest de jaarlijkse najaarsconferentie van de Nesma plaats, met als thema “Metrics in contracts, how to avoid horror stories”. De conferentie werd bezocht door ongeveer 60 mensen. Opvallend dit jaar…
Read MoreISBSG workshop Beijing 2017
Feedback report to the Nesma community As you all know, Nesma considers the availability of historical data of software projects and maintenance of an utmost importance for the industry. Nesma is therefore a proud member of the International Software Benchmarking…
Read MoreNesma 2020: new organization, new plans
Nesma has decided to adopt Agility and to work in shorter cycles. The advantage is that members that don’t want to commit to a workgroup for many years can support one or more iterations. Joining a working group for a…
Read MoreNieuwe dataset ISBSG beschikbaar
Op 13 mei ontving Nesma het volgende persbericht van ISBSG, over een nieuwe release van hun dataset. Nesma leden kunnen de dataset via Nesma met korting kopen! Zie elders op de website voor de prijzen. Press release: Now available: Release…
Read MoreMore than 8.000 projects, releases & sprints to benchmark against
The International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG) announces the new release of the Development & Enhancements data repository: 2017R1. Over 500 projects have been added and the number of new development projects, releases and series of sprints is now over…
Read MoreNesma is partnering with SPI China
In this blog I ‘d like to share a few of my recent memories and the story of how Nesma got a new partner in China! Chinese plan to improve the software industry Recently the Nesma office was contacted by…
Read MoreSelection process of ICT outsourcing suppliers needs to be improved
Many organizations outsource (parts of) their IT services. To select a supplier these organizations use as decision criteria: Price and Quality (measured as timely delivery, scope and number of defects found during acceptance testing). They trust that they can trust…
Read MoreOctober: international events and the thrill of new ideas
October is always a special month for me as there are usually a number of inspiring international events to attend. This year I was very fortunate to be able to attend the International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM Mensura) in…
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