IT metrics data -- what's happening in the industry and in your company -- takes the stage for this month's ITMS.

I'm pleased to include an article on recent IT productivity trends by Doug Putnam of QSM. Over the years, QSM metrics research has been adding new data on an ongoing basis into an industry-wide projects database. Trends have been plotted over time, and, recently, a story emerged about how we transitioned through the millennium. Something major has been happening.