NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 15, 2011) - The Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ), the leadership group dedicated to providing metrics standards for measuring software quality and size, today announced the release of episode 9 of the "IT Software Quality Report" podcast series. In the Episode, host Dr. Bill Curtis sits down with Mitch Wein, SVP & Chief Technology Officer at AXA Equitable to discuss the importance of measuring and managing software quality in their critical IT systems.
In this episode, Bill Curtis and Mitch Wein discuss software quality and measurement for AXA Equitable internal systems and explain how software quality and function point analysis is truly an extension of strong people, process and technology. You will learn how AXA Equitable achieved goals they outlined for software quality without increasing cost. The podcast begins by discussing problems Mitch faced five years ago working with legacy systems, which caused them to have issues with code and ultimately prevented them from getting the productivity they needed and wanted. To meet these goals they evolved to a standard open reference architecture based on industry standards which allowed more flexibility and ease, resulting in a substantially lower cost of ownership.
Episode 9 can be downloaded by clicking here. Past episodes of the "IT Software Quality Report" podcast series can be found on the CISQ website or on iTunes. New episodes are released on a biweekly basis.
The "IT Software Quality Report" podcast series is designed to open more avenues to inform customers and suppliers of IT application software, providing them with the opportunity to improve IT quality, and reduce cost and risk. The podcast features CISQ members, executive and experts in IT across multiple industries and from some of the world's leading companies.
About CISQ
The Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) is an IT industry leadership group comprised of IT executives from the Global 2000, system integrators, outsourced service providers, and software technology vendors committed to introduce a computable metrics standard for measuring software quality and size. CISQ is a neutral, open forum in which customers and suppliers of IT application software can develop an industry-wide agenda of actions for improving IT application quality and reduce cost and risk.