6th Sense Analytics CTO to Speak at Serena XChange
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.
During the session, Todd will illustrate a framework for a metrics-driven approach to software development planning, illustrating how metrics can be leveraged for estimating scope; understanding in-process status; assessing performance and productivity; and understanding the risk factors in distributed software projects.
"Understanding how time is being spent and how effort is being expended across the software development process is imperative," stated Olson. "Metrics play a key role in effectively managing distributed projects, whether they're in-house, outsourced, onshore or offshore."
Serena xChange will feature more than 120 session across 10 tracks in three days, all designed to help organizations stay on top of these new application development trends and methodologies. Serena Software is the leading global independent software company focused solely on application lifestyle management for distributed and mainframe systems.
The 6th Sense Analytics Solution
6th Sense Analytics is a powerful and unique software-as-a-service solution for achieving accurate and consistent visibility across distributed software development projects. 6th Sense automatically and unobtrusively collects activity-based data from developer tools and delivers on-demand analytics to individuals and teams. This delivers insight into the time spent on specific activities, and provides a basis for understanding team effort, productivity and overall project velocity�ensuring software development projects are on-time, on-budget and on-target with business goals. All of this allows software development teams to improve their ability to deliver successful project outcomes, critical to the overall success of a globally distributed software development effort.
About 6th Sense Analytics, Inc.
6th Sense Analytics, Inc., a pioneer in automating software development metrics, gives developers and managers deep insight into their software development process by delivering accurate metrics without interrupting the software development lifecycle or changing the tools used. A 2007 winner of the coveted Jolt Productivity Award, 6th Sense Analytics uses an open and independent architecture that provides visibility into the status of distributed software projects. Founded in 2004 by a team of experienced software development executives, 6th Sense Analytics is a privately held company based near Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. For more information, visit www.6thsenseanalytics.com.
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