Established in 1994, Total Metrics is an Australian-based company with experienced software metrics consultants who work in many different countries to support organisations worldwide in their quest to achieve software excellence.
Total Metrics specialises in providing metrics related tools, procedures, consulting and training in software measurement and project governance. Their consultants are internationally recognised for their skills in functional size measurement and are regularly invited to present at leading industry conferences, seminars and workshops.
Widely respected for their active support of and contribution to the work of the
International Standards Organization (ISO)
, their principal consultants have key roles in the development of the new international functional size measurement standards suite, ISO 14143. All consultants are certified by the International Function Point User Group (IFPUG) and several are active participants of both the IFPUG and COSMIC Counting Practices Committees. Total Metrics also contributes to the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG) which provides clients with a range of services and benchmark data.
Total Metrics’ SCOPE Function Point Counting tool, for which Pan Metron is the European agent, incorporates this high level of expertise and is fast becoming the function point counting tool of choice for organisations serious about better project estimation, managing scope creep and keeping their software projects under control.
Software Productivity Research (SPR) 
SPR was founded in 1984 by Capers Jones, an internationally recognised consultant, speaker, author and seminar leader in the field of software management.
SPR is a worldwide provider of consulting services that enable organisations to compete more effectively through the predictable on-time delivery of high quality software by focusing on software estimation, measurement and assessment. Their services help clients manage the software development process for maximum productivity, performance and quality.
Since the mid-1980's, SPR has produced and marketed an award-winning array of software project estimation solutions. Today, SPR KnowledgePLAN® is the best-in-class tool for project managers and estimators around the world. When it was launched in 1997, SPR KnowledgePLAN was the first powerful, knowledge-based software estimation tool to combine project estimation and scheduling in a flexible environment. KnowledgePLAN quickly creates and refines detailed project plans that can be seamlessly imported into Microsoft Office Project or other enterprise project management systems.
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As one of SPR's European agents, Pan Metron offers a complete range of training services associated with these software products, as well as a range of complementary services and resources.
David Consulting Group 
For over a decade, DCG has worked with clients from the Fortune 100 and 1000 companies and government, providing unparalleled expertise in IT performance improvement.
Many DCG senior managers and consultants have held leadership positions in international industry bodies such as IFPUG and the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). They are often called upon as expert witness by the US Federal Courts and have authored a substantial number of books and publications on issues such as IT metrics and benchmarking.
DCG actively gathers, maintains, analyses and distributes industry performance data, and sponsors not-for-profit efforts such as the ISBSG. Through its Industry Benchmark Database Query Tool DCG provides subscription-based online access to a proprietary database of over 7,000 recently completed (last 3 years) software development/enhancement projects to allow subscribers to perform their own simple queries in real-time without the need to engage a consultant.
With its strong focus on delivering customer value, DCG provides consulting support to ensure that clients raise their level of productivity and quality. Solutions and recommendations are tailored to the client's unique environment. Whether a business is already reaping the benefits of software and IT process methodologies or just beginning to consider ways to improve performance levels, DCG helps to measure, improve and deliver IT performance and bottom line value.
Pan Metron work as partners of DCG, principally on programmes and projects outside the USA. |
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