Agile Development Teams define the Six Sigma Transfer Function for Software

Estimating software projects is not a matter of functional sizing only

Statistical Process Control for Software Development

An application of Eigenvector theory to Quality Function Deployment and the Analytic Hierarchical Process

How to predict how many bugs will happen?

Six Sigma in Software Testing

This workshop proposes a measurement program for software defect prediction. Packed with the workshop is the material presented at the workshop. This is a large ZIP file: 9.4 MB

An interesting remark about the statistical character of reqiurement statements

COSMIC or IFPUG? That's not the question!

How combine Business and Software-related Measurement Needs

This paper compares the IFPUG and the COSMIC method in view of its resepctive business value.

In reality, QFD is a statistical method for requirements validation. Slides are also available. 

The Impact of Linear Algebra on QFD

This paper introduces a new method to calculate a QFD matrix. The resulting Convergence Factor is a quality metrics for the underlying  cause-effect analysis.

Motivation für Six Sigma - Programme in der Software-Entwicklung.

Metrics for Cooperative Development

What Open Source Software and Metrics have in common.  With slides.

Vortrag an der SQM 2004 mit Darstellung der drei Kennzahlen für Six Sigma in der Softwareentwicklung.

Six Sigma for Software

How can you use the three Six Sigma metrics for new product development?  Some success stories are presented in this paper and talk.

Linear Algebra for QFD Combinators

Linear optimization yields better QFD matrices and improves combinatory metrics and measurements.  The "Convergence Factor" is the metrics of choice to distinguish good from bad matrices and better from less good case-effect analysis.

Six Sigma für Software 

Kombinatorische Metriken machen es möglich: Auch in Software und in Dienstleistungen kann die Six Sigma - Managementstrategie Erfolge bringen.  In diesem Dokument wird das Vorgehensmodell erläutert.

Metrics for Project Management

Project can end in time and budget, if you use the Faschina - method for progress tracking.  This paper explains why.

Strategic Management by Business Metrics: 
An application of Combinatory Metrics

An application of QFD and Combinatory Metrics for strategic management. 

Effective SW Project Management Using Six Sigma

Applying Six Sigma to software development achieves an important product development goal in making projects transparent to both management and customers. Transparency requires an important cultural change. As a result, after transparency is achieved, completing accurate project estimations while meeting both deadlines and customer requirements becomes a lot easier.

There is also a report available.  The conference proceedings can be found at the iSixSigma site.

Combinatory Metrics for Software Development

This paper explains how to establish a network of combinators to cover the topics for which we want to get metrics. The basic techniques are the cause – effect combinators known from QFD (“Quality Function Deployment”). The combination technique is taken from Combinatory Algebra, a theory used in computer science to understand the nature of computing with knowledge about topics.

View also the slide set.

Quality Function Deployment as Algebra of Combinators
QFD combines Customer’s Needs with various deployments into suitable topics.  It is a model of Combinatory Logic.  This paper investigates, what QFD inherits from this property.
Possible applications include:
   - Measuring knowledge
   - Measuring growth potential of organizations
   - Strategic Management by Business Metrics 

Die Lenkung von E-Business-Projekten
"Wie Sie garantiert die Kontrolle über Ihr E-Business-Projekt verlieren, oder: 10'000 Wege, ein Projekt zu Fall zu bringen." 
Sie wurden zwischenzeitlich alle ausprobiert.

Measuring Competitiveness in Service Design
When your offer consists of long waiting lines, delays, a bad reputation, narrow seats, cheese and ham sandwiches only, your customers will avoid your airline.  With QFD and New Lanchester Strategy, customers come back to you. Read how!