7. Critical Success Factors
Learning and Continuous Improvement
Process
Start with Process and Organization, and
only then Tools
Tools adapted to the Processes
Control Costs
Integrate Tools
Generate Business Value
8. Issue: FOSS or Proprietary?
Easier
Faster
Better
More efficient
Free/Open-Source
Costs (direct + indirect)
Security
No vendor lock-in
Quality
Generate extra value for
business
Proprietary software
A report by the Standish Group
(2008) states that adoption of opensource software models has resulted
in savings of about $60 billion per
year to consumers.
15. Strongstep - Innovation in software quality
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