Jeff Feinman of SD Times Magazine writes "New features in the 6th Sense Analytics update include a framework for attributing time to various categories, and an attribution engine that allows users to define their systems and create rules for attributing time to projects. System reports have also been refreshed with user-defined values and uniformity in tracking and reporting."
Read his full post at SDTimes.com:
http://www.sdtimes.com/article/latestnews-20071215-06.html
Jared Richardson to Work with Customers on Integration of the 6th Sense Analytics Solution
MORRISVILLE, N.C. -- 6th Sense Analytics Inc., provider of unbiased data and metrics into the status of outsourced software development projects, today announced the addition of Jared Richardson as an agile coach and software development technology evangelist.
In his new role, Jared will be responsible for working closely with 6th Sense Analytics customers on integrating the company’s solution into their processes as well as their culture. Jared will also be responsible for evangelizing the use of software development metrics to the developer community, with a special focus on agile shops.
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Vance McCarthy of Integration Developer News interviewed Todd Olson, our co-founder and CTO.
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6th Sense Analytics Unveils New Version of its Award-Winning Solution for Outsourced Software Development Projects
MORRISVILLE, NC -- 6th Sense Analytics, Inc. today launched the latest version of its award-winning software solution, which provides unbiased data and metrics into the status of outsourced software development projects. The solution's recent release gives unprecedented visibility into the entire software development lifecycle via an operating system sensor, which tracks 100 percent desktop time for computers running Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista and Server 2003).
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One of the secrets of insanely productive development teams is automation... anything they can get the computer to do for them, they automate. Some people call this lazy... I call it very smart.
You can find some great examples of automation on Mike Clark's (clarkware.com) Pragmatic Automation blog (PragmaticAutomation.com). I love the lava lamp status monitor on your build machine... it's a great example of letting a machine take care of the boring work (building the product and re-running repetitive tests) while you move on with the fun stuff... building great software! After all, why would you watch the tests run on five platforms every time you touch the code? I've got better things to do with my day.
Another area that begs for automation is time tracking. Do you know exactly what you did today? How much time did you spend in Eclipse or NetBeans as opposed to reading Slashdot and Digg?
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I don't like to create "link blog postings" but Alberto Savoia created a gem with this entry. He points out that just because someone dumb abuses a tool, it's not a bad tool. It means the dumb person is, well, just dumb.
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Report Looks at Trends in Offshoring and Outsourcing and their Impact on Business and Society
October 23, 9:00 am ET -- MORRISVILLE, N.C. -- Duke University's first annual survey of global service providers will be co-sponsored by 6th Sense Analytics, Inc., a pioneer in automating software development metrics. Duke's Offshoring Research Network (ORN) has been conducting an annual survey on offshoring and outsourcing for several years, but this will be the first survey to examine the specific activities of the service providers themselves. 6th Sense Analytics has joined as a lead corporate sponsor for the new annual service provider survey. Other lead corporate sponsors include Archstone Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, Genpact, Quickstart Global, and Sonnenschein.
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6th Sense Analytics is distributed in Asia by HighPoint Asia (HPA). Over the last year, HPA has successfully introduced its products and services, including 6th Sense Analytics, in regional markets such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. Currently, the company is actively engaged in acquiring new partners in Southeast Asia and will be attending CeBIT Asia in Shanghai to begin the expansion of this reach into the booming Chinese market for software development. "This is the first time that we will be attending CeBIT Asia. It is a prime opportunity to showcase our latest products, meet our partners and generate new leads", Matthew Bruggen, Sales & Marketing Director, explains.
Read the full press release:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb559702.htm
Industry leaders will share best practices for mitigating risk and maximizing return in full lifecycle offshore development
Morrisville, NC -- September 18, 2007 -- 6th Sense Analytics, Inc., a pioneer in automating software development metrics, will host a webcast discussing "The New Rules for Strategic Software Outsourcing." Free-of-charge and open to the general public, this webcast will provide organizations engaging in offshore development projects insight into the proven methods, frameworks and key processes required to make this model work. Read More
Morrisville, NC -- August 28, 2007 -- 6th Sense Analytics, Inc., a pioneer in automating software development metrics, today announced that Todd Olson, co-founder and CTO, will speak at Serena xChange 2007, the worldwide user conference for Serena Software, Inc. This year's conference will take place September 9-12, 2007 in Chicago. Todd will present a session titled, "Managing by Metrics: A Framework for Metrics-Driven Planning," on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 10:00 AM.
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