A Xansa-commissioned study to compare the productivity of projects using traditional and DSDM development techniques was conducted over a seven-year period (1994 through 2001). The study highlighted percentage increases in productivity for an organization using DSDM and more traditional approaches. The following graph summarizes the results of the survey showing annual percentage increases in productivity. On average, over the course of the study, productivity was 202% higher using DSDM.

DSDM is a structured, vendor-independent framework that leverages agile development practices, offering a project delivery framework to design systems that are fully aligned with client needs and deliver immediate business value. Clients are involved throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that systems and applications are built to exact specifications. This shortens time-to-market, facilitates seamless implementation and training, and ensures the long-term value of the final product.

“In today’s economy, organizations are looking for ways to control costs, and maximizing their IT spending. By leveraging the DSDM method, Xansa can provide organizations with systems and applications that are on time, on budget – and on target,” commented Kathy Dite, Executive Vice President at Xansa. “Our global client base is already realizing the benefits of using DSDM-created applications from Xansa. Current users have achieved an immediate return on investment, experiencing up to a 200% increase in productivity.”

Xansa is a founding member of the DSDM Consortium, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of the method worldwide. Xansa maintains the world’s largest DSDM practice, supporting customers with accredited DSDM consultants, practitioners, trainers, examiners and facilitators.

“DSDM is evolving and leading the way as the model for the next generation of software development,” commented Dane Falkner, Chairperson of the North American DSDM Consortium. “As a pre-eminent participant and contributor to the Agile Methods movement (www.agilealliance.com), the DSDM Consortium continues to demonstrate its dedication to helping companies worldwide address the challenges of deploying business focused solutions with fewer resources and ever shorter time frames. Xansa has played a leading role in implementing this proven methodology for customers across the country and around the world.”

For more on Xansa and the DSDM framework, contact Xansa at 888-820-3030. For information about the DSDM Consortium, visit www.dsdm.org