Tag: CISQ

Is There Any Agreement on Measuring Technical Debt?
There are many ways to calculate technical debt. Read about CISQ’s automated approach and why we think it’s great.
Bill Curtis
Nov 6, 2020
Process and Product – Two Sides of the Software Coin
Ivar Jacobson illustrates the importance of adhering to software engineering best practices in order to create the best product.
Ivar Jacobson
Jun 26, 2020
Shift-Left Testing is Critical for Business Success
Using DevOps to Improve Software Quality and Business Outcomes.
Lev Lesokhin
Mar 29, 2019
Uncovering Technical Debt Through Data-Driven Management
Examining New Technical Debt Research from the Software Engineering Institute.
Jodi Rosenblum
Nov 8, 2018
Software Measurement is an Imperative for Continuous Transformation
Challenges to Deliver at Speed Signal Demand for Software Measurement and Quality Standards.
Daniel Maly
Oct 17, 2018
How Software Intelligence Can Certify Safety in Critical Infrastructure
Our Pledge to Make the US Election System Safe and Secure for All.
Lev Lesokhin
Sep 21, 2018
Government Agencies and IT Modernization: What Will Propel the Great Leap Forward?
A tune-up may not be enough to help organizations adhere to MGT Act 101 to deliver secure and sustainable modernized systems.
Chris White
Apr 10, 2018
IT Vendor Management Trends: Four Unexpected Benefits of Measuring Software Quality
Lessons learned from American Express measuring quality in the software supply chain
Lev Lesokhin
Mar 27, 2018
Technical Debt: CISQ Releases New Standard to Define and Measure Technical Debt
Technical Debt standards have been debated for many years.  And now CISQ (Consortium for IT Software Quality) has released standard that not only measures by automates technical debt calculation in complex software systems.
Stephanie W.
Jan 2, 2018
Will Cybersecurity Efforts Change the Game for Software Modernization?
Cybersecurity is a hot-button issue these days. You can barely go a few weeks without hearing about a company suffering a breach that puts the business at risk. With all eyes focused on making software more secure, a happy side effect might just be a streamlining of software modernization initiatives.
Jonathan Bloom
Nov 15, 2017
Application Security Standards
Application security standards are established by leading industry research and standards bodies to help organizations identify and remove application security vulnerabilities in complex software systems...
Srinivas Kedarisetty
Nov 6, 2017
How to Manage Software Risk and Cost in Digital Transformation
On June 9th, CAST hosted the event, How to Control Software Risk and Cost in Digital Transformation, in Madrid with CISQ and Dr. Richard Soley, CEO and Chairman of the Object Management Group.
Rafael Cal
Jun 21, 2017
Recap: Software Risk & Innovation Summit 2017
Harvard Business Review has reported that digital leaders succeed in large part due to their ability to recognize and scale innovation across their business – seeing beyond transformation hurdles and IT complexity. They never lose sight of the end goal.
Lev Lesokhin
May 2, 2017
CISQ Is Helping CIOs Master Digital Transformation
At the upcoming Software Risk and Innovation Summit, CIOs address challenges around DevOps and the next big tech innovation trends.
Lev Lesokhin
Mar 6, 2017
Contribute to CISQ's Technical Debt Remediation Survey
Last week we published a post about the Consortium for IT Software Quality's (CISQ) initiative to come up with a standard technical debt measure through a survey distributed to developers.
Stephanie W.
Jan 11, 2017
CISQ to Develop Technical Debt Standard Measure
As we quickly head into the new year - the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) is working to develop a new measure for technical debt.
Stephanie W.
Dec 29, 2016
Following Best Practices to Achieve Application Security & Reduce Risk
The key to security is to ensure that your most sensitive data is handled with proper controls in place. This should include working with your architects to explore the architecture of applications that handle the most critical data, starting from the data elements themselves and fanning out via impact diagrams (for example, CAST does this with the Application Intelligence Platform). Over time, your team will be able to establish secure architecture components that should handle all sensitive data.
Lev Lesokhin
Dec 6, 2016
Measuring Technical Debt to Increase Quality and Performance
Applications and architecture are usually the primary source of technical debt in an IT organization.
Stephanie W.
May 19, 2016
4 Keys to Successful Digital Transformation

Recently, CAST co-authored a paper with The Boston Consulting Group titled, Will Your Software Help or Hinder Digital Transformation? Navigating the digital transformation journey is a challenge, often wrought with roadblocks and IT complexities related to technical debt, disparate application development techniques and more. So how can CIOs help their company achieve digitization goals?

Lev Lesokhin
May 17, 2016
CAST User Group on Function Point Analysis: Key Findings

1On April 6th, CAST held a user group meeting on the topic of function point analysis and software productivity measurement. The meeting gathered more than 20 software measurement professionals from major companies in the banking, IT consulting, telecom, aviation and public sectors for a two-hour working session to discuss the benefits of function point analysis testing.

The event featured presentations including:

  1. An IBM case study on how they worked with CAST to integrate and secure an Automated Function Point (AFP) approach with a big player in the aeronautic sector within TMA Systems
  2. Functional sizing case study
  3. Updates on the new CISQ standards for Automated Function Points
  4. The importance of internal and external benchmarking
Michael Muller
Apr 15, 2016