On Thursday, March 11, 2010, Michael Mah of QSM Associates Inc. joined Quick Solutions for a seminar focused on whether adopting Agile practices can increase project throughput, reduce cost, and improve quality.

Michael discussed several case studies, one of which utilized information provided by Quick Solutions that evaluated metrics from Agile projects and compared the results against industry data. 

Michael Mah is a managing partner at QSM Associates Inc. He teaches, writes, and consults to companies on estimating and managing software projects, whether in-house, offshore, waterfall, or agile.  He is the director of the Benchmarking Practice at the Cutter Consortium, a US-based IT think-tank.  With over 25 years of experience, QSM has derived productivity patterns for thousands of projects collected worldwide.  His work examines time-pressure dynamics on teams, and its role in project success and failure. His background is in physics and electrical engineering, and he is a mediator specializing in conflict resolution for technology projects.

Click the link below to view the Agile vs. Industry presentation:

QSI Agile Symposium