Jul 4th, 2011 by Russell Thackston
The 2011 microISV Pain Point survey is almost here has arrived! We’ll be opening the survey on August 1st and it will run for four weeks through August 31st. The survey will help us gauge where microISV operators are struggling in their businesses. We will also be comparing the results to last year’s to see if [...]
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Jun 21st, 2011 by Russell Thackston
The Auburn University Office of Research Compliance’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) has given its approval for the 2011 Pain Point survey to move forward. Pre-registration is available at the microISV Research Alliance website and the survey will officially kick off on August 1st.
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Jun 17th, 2011 by Russell Thackston
We’ve got a FaceBook page! Visit us at http://www.facebook.com/MicroISV.Research.Alliance.
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Apr 14th, 2011 by Russell Thackston
I’ve decided to author a one-page (two-sided) handout that explains the topic of my dissertation research. The formal title of the handout is Relative Regression: The Principle and the Process. The informal title is Relative Regression: More Expert, Less Opinion. Take a look at the paper and let me know what you think in the [...]
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Tags: effort, estimating, regression, relative regression, software
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Mar 2nd, 2011 by Russell Thackston
The Spring 2011 newsletter has been sent out with a special thanks to MailChimp.
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Feb 16th, 2011 by Russell Thackston
Susan Hammond, a fellow graduate student here at Auburn University, has authored two short PDFs on blending the software process with non-development activities.
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Tags: business, marketing, non-development activities, software process
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Feb 5th, 2011 by Russell Thackston
I’ll be experimenting with Twitter this year to see if it’s useful for our research team. Follow us at @misv_research.
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Feb 2nd, 2011 by Russell Thackston
Thanks to David Garlitz for our new look-and-feel.
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