6th Sense Analytics Launches New Solution at DEMO 07
Returns Visibility and Control to Globally Distributed Software Development
Palm Desert, CA -- January 30, 2007 -- 6th Sense Analytics, a pioneer in improving software development metrics, will unveil the latest version of its groundbreaking analytic solution at the Launchpad for Emerging Technology, DEMO 07. 6th Sense co-founders Greg Burnell and Todd Olson will lead the DEMO stage presentation on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. The 6th Sense solution allows software developers and managers to automatically collect software development data and delivers immediate insight into the execution of physically distributed software development projects. This latest release of 6th Sense introduces pre-built reports and a new dashboard-style user experience that provides users immediate access to actionable, vital information about the systems, teams, and individuals comprising their development projects�all without creating queries or custom reports.
"Disruptive technologies change the business landscape," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO. "And the 6th Sense solution is a disruptive technology. It very elegantly solves a major problem development teams have been wrestling with for years, simply by breaking conventions and taking a novel approach. 6th Sense has the potential to profoundly impact software development organizations, especially when their teams span the globe."
For more than 16 years, DEMO has established a reputation for identifying and presenting to an elite audience the products most likely to have a significant impact on the marketplace and market trends in the coming year. Each product is carefully screened and selected by Shipley, one of the top trend spotters in the personal technology product industry. This year�s conference will be held January 30 � February 1, 2007 in Palm Desert, California.
"Everyone knows you can't make informed decisions without good data," said Greg Burnell, co-founder and CEO of 6th Sense Analytics. "Most software development organizations are flying blind because they don't have an accurate and complete picture of what is being done. The latest release of our solution not only automates the collection of software development metrics, it also makes it very easy to turn this data into actionable insights by delivering the information you need, to your fingertips, and in a form that's very easy to understand."
New Reporting Features
6th Sense Analytics' January 2007 release blends the flexibility of an enterprise-class solution and the ease-of-use and rapid time to value of an out-of-the-box application. New in this release are a series of pre-built reports which lower the barrier to insight by providing users instant access to the vital summary data about what is going on within their distributed projects. In addition to these pre-configured dashboard-style views, users can also create over 5000 different custom reports to achieve a targeted understanding of the investments, trends and performance of specific areas of a project.
New pre-built reports include:
- Systems report � Provides visibility into both the current and historical investments going into a system or portfolio of systems under development. For example, the report reveals which teams are working on a system; how much time is invested; and what activities are being performed (e.g., designing, coding, debugging, or testing). This allows stakeholders to ensure that resources are aligned to the highest priority systems, and that development activities are taking place at the right pace, pattern and sequence.
- Team report � Provides an understanding of team focus, composition, performance and skill set, including how a team�s focus is allocated across systems; what development activities are being performed; what the relative levels of effort are; and what technologies are being used. This allows managers to understand the relative utilization, performance and work patterns of teams�onshore or offshore, in-house or outsourced.
- Personal report � Provides a detailed record of individual team members� activity and system focus. The report also profiles information reflecting a contributor�s historical experience, including their system focus, technology and tools usage and the activities they perform. This allows developers to automate daily and weekly reports for meetings and checkpoints, and to become more reflective about self-management and understanding how and where they spend their time.
- Community report � Provides high-level insight into the averages and patterns of activity within the broader development community, such as the average active development time of a developer on a daily or weekly basis; the activity blend of the average developer; or the tools and technologies that are most widely used. This provides a basis for personal, team and organizational benchmarking and comparisons.
About the 6th Sense 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.
Pricing and Availability
The 6th Sense Analytics solution is immediately available at www.6sa.com. Two editions are available: Personal Edition, which helps developers to understand their own activity, is free of charge; Team Edition, which includes the ability to aggregate project metrics, has a list price of $960 per user per year.
About DEMO
Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the semi-annual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conference have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow�s cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such at Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies. For more information, visit www.demo.com.
About 6th Sense Analytics
6th Sense Analytics, a pioneer in improving 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. The company uses an open and independent architecture that provides visibility into the status of distributed software projects. Founded in 2004 by a team of experienced executives in the software development market, representing companies including Rational (now IBM), TogetherSoft and Borland, 6th Sense Analytics is a privately held company based near Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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