Gartner Group announces acquisition of Productivity Management Group.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 14, 1996--Gartner Group, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GART GART Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase/Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase/Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole Synthetase GART Graphics Address Remapping Table (AGP chipset) GART Graphics Address Relocation Table ) today announced the acquisition of privately held Productivity Management Group, Inc. (PMG PMG abbr. postmaster general PMG 1. Postmaster General 2. Paymaster General ), a leading consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that provides measurement and evaluation techniques for information systems project management. PMG specializes in capturing and measuring data, or "function points," which is a critical first step in measuring productivity and software functionality of data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a projects. The company will be integrated into Gartner Group's Real Decisions measurement and evaluation product line, enabling clients to install a total continuous measurement and improvement program. Bob Waldman, a Real Decisions vice president, stated, "The tasks of software creation and maintenance are among the most difficult to measure. PMG's expertise in tracking and evaluating progress during the actual development cycle is a critical component for Real Decisions' benchmarking comparisons, identification of best practices used at other companies and developing strategies for improved performance." Leonard White Leonard White (May 3, 1767, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts—October 10, 1849, Haverhill) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1787 and was a member of the state House of Representatives (1809-11). , president of PMG, sees this as "an opportunity to leverage the work we have done to allow companies to integrate continuous improvement into their daily work routines through incorporation of metrics into the product development methodology. By integrating the external capabilities of the Real Decisions benchmarks with the expanded worldwide coverage of Gartner Group's sales force, we can lead the industry to more stable and accepted international standards for software measurement and process improvement." Established in 1989 and headquartered near Buffalo, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , PMG uses consulting, training and Productivity Manager(TM) software to create measurement processes for software development, as well as analysis methods to evaluate ongoing project development and support efforts. More information about PMG is available on the World Wide Web at http://pmginc.com Real Decisions, acquired by Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. in 1993, provides benchmarking and measurement services to information technology (IT) professionals. Benchmarking is a continuous improvement process that enables companies to comprehensively assess cost performance, efficiency and quality in all areas of IT. Gartner Group, Inc. is the world's leading provider of IT advisory and market research services. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Stamford, Conn., Gartner Group serves approximately 6,600 client organizations worldwide. Additional information about Gartner Group is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.gartner.com CONTACT: Jennifer Schlueter Gartner Group (203) 316.6537 or Leonard White PMG (716) 633.0621 |
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