Why CISQ? PDF Print E-mail

There is a growing sense of unease about the quality of software being managed by IT organizations for the benefit of their respective business operations. The following factors, when considered together in the current IT industry context, explain the formation of CISQ:

  • IT application quality is critical for all business operations – from the routine to the highly specialized.
  • The current quality of IT application software exposes businesses and government agencies to unacceptable levels of risk and loss.
  • Customers and providers of IT application software do not have a common basis for measuring, managing, and evaluating the quality of the application software they deliver or maintain.
  • IT executives need objective benchmarks of IT application quality based on industry standards and professionally-credentialed assessment services.
  • Businesses, government agencies, and their software providers need a forceful, open, and objective voice to establish industry-standard metrics for measuring IT software quality and drive an industry-wide agenda for improving IT application quality.

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