When a company or department becomes single-mindedly obsessed with time to market, it sometimes acts in risky, self-destructive ways that result in the thing it fears most: blowing the delivery date even more than originally anticipated.
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Case Study: Benchmarking, Estimation, and Applications Outsourcing Gone Awry
By Michael Mah
Posted September 30, 2000 | Technology | Cutter Benchmark Review
About The Author
Michael Mah is Managing Partner of QSM Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in software measurement, project estimation, and "in-flight" control for both inhouse and outsourced/offshore development. QSM has developed and maintains one of the largest databases of more than 7,500 completed projects collected worldwide, with productivity statistics and trends on cost, schedule, and quality from more than 500 organizations and 18 countries.
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