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.

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.

Jun 26, 2020

Shift-Left Testing is Critical for Business Success

Using DevOps to Improve Software Quality and Business Outcomes.

Mar 29, 2019

Uncovering Technical Debt Through Data-Driven Management

Examining New Technical Debt Research from the Software Engineering Institute.

Nov 8, 2018

Software Measurement is an Imperative for Continuous Transformation

Challenges to Deliver at Speed Signal Demand for Software Measurement and Quality Standards.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

May 17, 2016

CAST User Group on Function Point Analysis: Key Findings

On April 6^th, 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:

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
Functional sizing case study
Updates on the new CISQ standards for Automated Function Points
The importance of internal and external benchmarking

Apr 15, 2016