DCG Software Value (formerly David Consulting Group) is a global provider of software analytics, software quality management and Agile services. Since 1994, companies of all sizes who depend on their software have relied on us to meet their standards and deliver valuable improvements at the right price. We maintain a U.S. corporate office in Malvern, Pa., and a European corporate office in the U.K. Download this presentation here: http://www.softwarevalue.com/insights/publications/corporate-profile/

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This We Believe
“It’s frustrating that there are so many failed software projects when I know from
personal experience it’s possible to do so much better – and we can help.”
Mike Harris, DCG President
Our Vision:
A future state in which the value of every software
initiative is visible to the business.
Our Mission:
To make software value visible.

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The DCG Story
THE BASICS
• Founded 1994
• International (U.S. and U.K. Offices)
• 20+ Employees [+Industry Thought Leaders]
• Industry Leaders [Software Consulting Services]
OUR SIGNATURE
• Centers of Excellence
• Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT)
• Consulting
HIGH-LEVEL FINANCIALS
• Profitable
• Small Business
• Self-Funded
• Growing
OUR REPUTATION
“I would definitely describe them as experts in
their field. We are much more disciplined now
than we were before, much more."
- Bob Lento, President, Convergys Information Management
OUR EXPERIENCE
• Combined 50+ Years Experience
• Authors of Publications and Books Used as Industry Guidelines
• Frequent Guest Speakers at Industry Conferences

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- Lord Kelvin, Inventor of the Kelvin Degrees
“When you can measure what you are speaking about
and express it in numbers, you know something about
it; when you cannot measure it … your knowledge is
meager and unsatisfactory.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
- Benjamin Franklin
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Sampling of DCG Clients – Past & Present

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Focus Areas
MEASURE
Analytics
Measure your development
process and deliverables
to identify areas of
improvement and track
progress over time.
OPTIMIZE
Optimize your software
quality through the use of
proven models and
advanced code and testing
practices tailored for your
organization.
DELIVER
Utilize Agile techniques to
deliver software quicker
and more effectively.
OPTIMIZE
Quality Management
DELIVER
Agile Development

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ANALYTICS QUALITY AGILE
• Code Analytics
• M&A Analytics
• Software Estimation
• Software Metrics
• Software Vendor
Management
• Training
• Business Value of IT
• CMMI
• Program Rescue
• Project Triage
• Software Code Quality Review
• TMMi®
• Training
• Agile Competency Development
• Agile Estimation
• Agile Project JumpStart
• Agile Project Reboot
• Agile Readiness Review
• Agile Team Coaching
• AgilityHealth Radar
• Executive Workshop
• The Scaled Agile Framework®
• Training
Build | Operate | Transfer
Consulting

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MEASURE • Code Analytics (Analyze / Technical Data)
• Utilize dashboards to profile security / quality risks across
your portfolio
• M&A Analytics (Due Diligence / Risk Management)
• Evaluate and execute the IT-related aspects of an M&A
• Software Estimation (Estimate / Predict)
• Improve your existing estimation practices
• Implement a new estimation practice
• Software Metrics (Measure / Improve)
• Measure your development process and deliverables in
order to identify areas of improvement
• Software Vendor Management (Measure / Benchmark)
• Better manage your outsourcing relationships and improve
the quality of delivered work
• Training
• Software Estimation and Function Point Analysis classes to
teach you to measure your software development
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ANALYTICS

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• Business Value of IT (Governance / Value Visualization)
• Get quantifiable value from your IT
• CMMI (Consulting / Appraisals)
• Improve the quality of your products using best practices
• Program Rescue (Estimation / Agile)
• Save failing projects before it’s too late
• Reduce risk and ensure delivery
• Project Triage (Quantitative and Qualitative Methods)
• Determine project viability and make the best business
decision about the future of a software project
• Software Quality Review (Code Forensics / Security)
• Utilize advanced code analysis software to profile the quality
and security of your software and identify risk factors
• TMMi® (Consulting / Appraisals)
• Assess and improve test maturity
• Train
• Classes to teach you how to improve processes within your
organization
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QUALITY

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• Agile Estimation (Estimate Agile)
• Develop a process to estimate your Agile projects, while also
accommodating change
• Agile JumpStart (Implement Agile)
• A structured approach to quickly address the introduction of the
Agile methodology in a competitive software offering
• Agile Project Reboot (Rescue)
• Apply Agile techniques to save failing projects before it's too
late
• Agile Readiness Review (Plan / Implement)
• Evaluate your organization to plan for a successful Agile
implementation
• Agile Team Coaching (Improve Agile)
• Improve or refine your Agile practices with an on-site coach
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AGILE

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• AgilityHealth Radar (Team Health)
• Identify the top areas that affect your Agile team’s health and
performance and set a path for improvement
• Executive Workshop (Agile for Executives)
• Learn the roles of IT and the business in an Agile environment
• The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)
• Implement Agile practices at the enterprise level
• Train
• Classes for beginner or advanced Agile users to learn or
improve Agile techniques
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AGILE

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Build | Operate | Transfer
Centers of Excellence
A Center of Excellence (CoE) is a fully packaged and successfully tested solution
to address common software issues that plague organizations. The CoE can be
operational immediately, and at scale.
• Estimation CoE
• Measure, manage and accurately predict cost, schedule, performance and value
for your software projects.
• Function Point Analysis CoE
• Utilize critical project sizing parameters to determine development effort,
delivered defects, project duration and productivity.
• Software Analytics CoE
• Measure the performance of software development teams under different SDLCs
using industry-tested quantitative and qualitative tools.
• SAFe & Agile Release Train CoE
• Implement SAFe® Release Trains utilizing simple scrum or waterfall.

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BUILD OPERATE TRANSFER
• Develop the program
framework
• Identify roles and
responsibilities
• Define policies and
procedures
• Document common
practices
• Develop a realistic
timeframe
• Collect relevant data points
• Analyze data and report results
• Update practices as may be
required
• Identify resources
• Provide training and
transfer techniques
• Establish a mentoring
program
Build | Operate | Transfer
Centers of Excellence
We build the CoE framework, and then we operate the CoE until you are ready to
make the transition to run the established CoE.

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Customer Challenges
We need this new
functionality in the
application in 3 months!
The release is going to be
late unless we can cut
some functionality!Our customers say our
software is full of bugs and
our staff agrees!
Why do we never have
enough time to test?
Why can’t we get more
projects into this year’s
budget?
Why are so many of our
projects over budget and
late?
Why do I have a fourth
funding request from this
project?
Are we correctly using the
Agile process to drive
efficiency?
How vulnerable are our
applications to a cyber
attack?
How do we protect our
brand with so many
suppliers providing us
capabilities through
software?
Are our applications ready
to migrate to the cloud?
Why is our competition
pumping out more
releases than we are?
Why do we only find out
about critical software
defects when it’s too late?

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Sales Process
DCG Briefing Contracts
You Are
Here
ProposalBusiness Case
• Statement of Work
• Price Quotation for
Services
• Services Agreement
Results Delivery
Which Profile Are You?
Executive Meeting
• Build a Relationship
• Long-Term
Engagement
• Build | Operate |
Transfer
Your Needs | Goals | Objectives | Pain Points
Insert DCG | Solutions | Expertise | Partners | Experience | Execution
• Flexible
• Fixed Price
• Not to Exceed
• Agile Approach to
Consulting
• Regular Reviews

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• DCG’s Agile JumpStart: For one client, this resulted in an ROI of more than 300%
or a payback period of about 7 months. A productivity improvement of 15%, worth
more than $900,000 of additional functionality or 1-2 additional Agile teams!
• DCG’s Estimate, Measure & Manage: Leveraged on supply chain pricing proposals,
this yields a net savings of about 5% across the annual budget, saving one client
$3.75M per year – a payback period of 4 months or a 2-year ROI of 750%!
• DCG’s Measurement & Estimating Center of Excellence (COE): Yields cost
savings of as much as 45%. One client saved $1.5M over 7 years.
• DCG’s Analyze: Based on a 5-year study by the U.S. Army, DCG’s code analytics
capabilities had an average return of 9.5x, saving the Army over $17M.
• DCG’s Solutions: At least a 50% improvement in the cost and delivery of changes to
software development processes compared to in-house efforts.
Customer Results & Returns

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• Enable Your Organization to Produce High-Quality Results
• On-Budget Delivery
• On-Time Delivery
• Engage Best Practices
• Workforce Reinvigoration Through Best-in-Class Training
• Transparency into Risks
• Comprehension into Process
• Measurement of Output
“When our IT staff wanted to learn about Agile techniques and incorporate best practices from Agile, DCG gave us the tools
and information we needed to improve our project delivery. I highly recommend DCG.”
- Chris Durski, Senior Manager, IMS Health
Provide Powerful Information Empowering Your Organization to Control
Successful Outcomes
Executive Summary

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QUESTIONS
THOUGHTS
DECISION
ACTIONS

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