1. Virtual S oftware Teams
with
S ourceK ibitzer EyeQ

2. High Attrition Rates?
• What is your attrition rate? 10-20%?
• What if your key-developer quits?
• How much attrition costs you?
• Who is holding project know-how?
• What knowledge needs to be
transferred?
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3. Problems with Visibility?
• How do you know what developers are
actually doing?
• Have you seen each of your outsourced
employees?
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4. Loosing Time on State Tracking?
• How much time each developer
spends on writing reports?
• Developers hate manual reporting?
• How much time project
manager/team lead spends on collect
state information?
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5. • SourceKibitzer launched EyeQ service
• Pro-active solution for
– Outsourced/offshoring projects
– Multi-location software teams
– Open Source companies
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6. SourceKibitzer EyeQ
• EyeQ:
– Is an automated team reporting solution
– Regular KPIs on each developer
– Data collected from code repositories
• EyeQ is NOT:
– Another task management tool
– Manual time/state reporting
– Issue tracking system
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7. Visibility with SourceKibitzer
• KPIs for each developer
• Contribution size, activity, know-how,
team friendliness
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8. Visibility with SourceKibitzer
• Team benchmark – healthy competition
• Track person's commitment, instead of
time spent on the task.
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9. Know-How M. with SourceKibitzer
• Identify code authors
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10. State Tracking with SourceKibitzer
• Say NO to manual reporting
• Regular update on team KPIs
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11. EyeQ vs Task Management
• Task Management tools rely on
correctly entered data
• On the opposite, EyeQ will collect all
data automatically
• YOU get the correct information!
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12. EyeQ vs Manual Reports
• Manual reports cost you a lot
– Each developer spends 1 hour per week
– Team Lead spends 4 hours reading
– Reports are subjective and emotional
• EyeQ
– Detailed and objective analysis
– No human input
– Developers focus on software
• YOU save time and money!
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13. EyeQ vs Code Metrics
• Code Metrics are for programmers
and used to improve quality or
refactor code
• EyeQ reports are for managers and
team leads to support them in
decision making
• YOU make better decisions!
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14. • Contact us for more information
• Don't hesitate and try it out!
• Apply For a Trial or Take a Tour
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