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Ever felt like this before?

"When the software is late, it kills us.

How is it that a software company, a company that is devoted to developing software products, with all of its resident experts and highly-paid staff, can have such trouble delivering quality products on time? It should be second nature.

Everything in the company depends on putting out quality products, on-time. The sales team needs to be trained and re-focused on the new product. Marketing needs to plan launches and campaigns. We've made promises to our customers. The business plan depends on new releases to drive new revenue. Caught between a planned release date and an actual release date, the company is in limbo - paralyzed and ineffective. When the software is late, it kills us.

The worst part is not even that the software is late. It's the lack of warning and options. Usually by the time we find out, there's nothing we can do but stay the course and face the consequences. We can't trim features because of the promises we've made. We can't cut quality because our bug list is climbing and our reputation is at stake. We can't add staff because the learning curve is too high. We can't work more overtime because we're already working overtime. There's no way out.

I know my team is full of smart people who work hard, yet all I can get from them about project status is gut feelings, anecdotes and a Gantt chart with 500 tasks that only gets revised after we discover it's not achievable.

I need more visibility into these projects. I need to know early if something is going to be behind schedule. I need to know we have options to course correct if something goes wrong. I need to know going into a project that the plan is realistic and well built. I need to know that when we make a commitment, we will deliver on it."

Demystify the development process

Sometimes product development seems like voodoo. Developers speak a different language than the rest of the organization. Wouldn't it be great if you could get quantified answers to the following questions?

How sure are we that this plan is achievable?
What are the biggest risks facing the project?
When is it going to be done? Really!

Devshop has been built to help your develoment team answer these questions accurately and consistently. We'll arm the development team with the process and metrics to have these answers at their finger tips every day - without adding more work to their already full plates. For the first time, you'll be able to sit down with your project manager and see first-hand the factors that the team is managing. You'll know that they've got their eye on the ball and are quantifying and dealing with the common risks that throw software projects off the rails. You'll see it, because for the first time, they'll actually have the information that matters to you.

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