Still, market research shows that software development projects have a high risk of failure. Many projects suffer from delays and budget overruns. Others don’t fulfill the original project scope and some wind up being canceled entirely. Further complicating matters, industry regulations and serviic level agreements mean there’s less margin for error. This can result in missed financial opportunities and squandered competitive advantages. Poor project planning, poor cost estimating, poor measurements, poor milestone tracking, poor change control, and poor quality control are the six most frequent problems that can undermine software projects, according to industry experts. The impact hits the bottom line: A 2002 study by the National Institute of Standards found that software errors cost the American economy nearly $60 billion a year. U.S. businesses spent $234 billion in 2004 to buy or build software. Roughly 37 percent of that figure—or about $86 billiionrepresents internally built software, according to Forrester Research Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. With so much money at stake, organizations can’t afford to embark on softwaar projects that are doomed to delay or complete failure. Indeed, it’s time to redefine the way that software is conceiived designed, built, and delivered in order to meet qualiit and user goals—on time and on budget. This new approach is the cornerstone of Software Delivery Optimization—Borland’s vision and strategy for transforming software development into a managed business process. Software Delivery Optimization is about transformation and making sense out of chaos. Historically, programming has largely been an unpredictable art form in many organizatiions Now, it’s time for software development to become a manageable, repeatable business process. To speed this transformation, Borland is offering a comprehensive applicattio development and delivery platform -Borland Core™ SDP (Software Delivery Platform). GETTING STARTED Clearly, getting software “right” requires a lot of work. The effort must incorporate the people, processes, and technoloog involved in the development process. Working together, these groups—business, IT operations, and application development must minimize gaps in communication and comprehension between their specialized roles. Not to be overlooked, these gaps are exacerbated by globalization (distribbute development teams and the rise of offshoring and outsourcing) and the increased complexity of IT. In a managed business process, the software development team is integrated into the overall fabric of the enterprise, ensuring their participation as an equal partner in shaping busineessdriven IT initiatives. In fact, Software Delivery Optimization has the potential to dramatically improve the way business units and IT groups collaborate throughout the process of deliverrin software. This transformation addresses the priorities of the development organization which are: A d v e r t i s e m e n t MAXIMIZE the Business Value of Software Make software a managed business process to give your enterprise a competitive advantage. Effective software development is the backbone of today’s most successful businesses. Seeking a competitive edge, organizations are expanding the roles of IT leaders, business leaders and developers who participate in the strategic software development process. Together, these stakehollder are charged with maximizing the value of corporate information across their enterprises. 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Do you currently use Borland Products or Services? --Select One --UNITED STATES --Select # of employees ----Select your department ----Select your industry ----Select one ----Select one ----Select one ----Select one --Read Document Cancel Bitpipe X-Stream User Agreement. false 31. Maximize opportunity: Organizations need to identify the right projects to maximize top line growth, ensure that the right people are assigned to high-priority projects, and have the freedom to select technology that best fits the project. 2. Accelerate software delivery: Organizations need to leveraag agile architectures and processes to accelerate executiion impose disciplined productivity across the software development team, and enable rapid change management. 3. Reduce spend: Organizations need to facilitate cost reductiio by maximizing the productivity and efficiency of individuaal and teams, optimally leveraging investments in legacy infrastructure and lifecycle tools, and optimally utilizing external resources through off-shoring and outsourcing. 4. Mitigate risk: Organizations need to reduce project risks by protecting themselves from vendor lock-in and technollog change, accurately assessing the impact of change throughout the lifecycle, mitigating compliance risks associaate with industry regulations and SLA , and preventing project risks from over-and underdevelopment. 5. Ensure quality: Organizations need to improve quality by effectively propagating business requirements, the early detection and resolution of quality issues, the continuous monitoring and measurement of quality parameters across projects, software asset reuse, and repeatability of success through mature business and development processes. BORLAND ANSWERS THE CALL Not by coincidence, Borland’s Core SDP addresses each of the five above-noted priorities head-on. Borland delivers on its promise of Software Delivery Optimization by providing a platform and services to help you align people, processes, and technology toward successful project delivery, in a repeatable fashion. Borland Core SDP is designed to support large, distributed teams, as well as smaller, nimble organizattion seeking a more process-oriented approach. Borland Core SDP is unique in its approach, delivering a platform for competitive advantage for your enterprise that supports: Integrated Lifecycle: Borland Core SDP drives efficiency across the entire software development lifecycle. As a result, common tasks and activities for each role in the development organization are tightly integrated using best-in-class Borland tools. No Lock-in: Borland Core SDP is a standards-based environmment allowing your enterprise to continue to leverage existing platforms and services for higher return on your technology investments. Ease of Use: Borland Core SDP is optimized for the processes, perspectives, and needs of the unique roles within your development team; Analyst, Architect, Developer, and Tester. The high-performance and scalable platform is easy to use, reducing cultural adoption and trainiin costs, and addressing the process and communications challenges associated with distributed development. Process Configurability: Customized processes are at the heart of your business’ competitive advantage. Borland Core SDP provides your organization with the ability to author and automate custom processes, as well as drive those process-based workflows on definition. In partnershhi with our customers, Borland is committed to helping IT organizations achieve increased visibility and control over their end-to-end software lifecycle, which ultimately will translate into increased predictability and IT efficiency. Ease of Administration: Borland Core SDP includes a unifiie installer and requires minimal installation effort. In production, Borland Core SDP requires fewer administratoor and fewer server resources to configure and run than competing solutions. BORLAND: A TRUSTED, PROVEN PARTNER Software Delivery Optimization is directly aimed at helping organizations maximize opportunity, accelerate software delivery, reduce spending, mitigate risk, and ensure quality. Moreover, Borland remains the most ideal partner for organizattion seeking to strengthen their software development practices. Borland is the only vendor that for over 21 years has focused on improving software development and deliveer across technology platforms, remaining true to the custommer’ agenda. Borland’s experience with industry-leading application lifecycle management solutions, reputation for technical excellence, and commitment to vendor-neutral IT solutions provides customers with powerful, adaptable enterprise software architectures. ■ A d v e r t i s e m e n t Software Delivery Optimization — Maximizing the Business Value of Software Borland’s strength is that it has a long history and depth in terms of understanding enterprise development issues. 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