Annual Report 2013

 

COSMIC SlideShare

 

COSMIC on the IWSM Mensura conference in Rotterdam

 

Entry-level v4.0 certification exam

 

COSMIC in the US

 

COSMIC IAC representatives

 

COSMIC Annual Report 2013

Like a true multinational it took us a while to compile our annual report, but finally it's ready. We gave it the title:

 

 

The year 2013 has shown further great progress in the acceptance and development of the COSMIC method. If 2012 was the year in which acceptance of the method ‘took off’, then 2013 was the year in which its acceptance continued to climb steeply – see the statistics in this report.

 

We also made substantial progress in the development of 4.0 version of the method, which was published in 2014, and in the creation of new guides. 

 

The progress we see in the acceptance and use of the COSMIC method varies from country to country. Therefore we have asked our International Advisory Council representatives to share some of the highlights of COSMIC use and acceptance in their country.

 

You can download the Annual Report from our SlideShare account.

 

Frank Vogelezang, President

COSMIC use throughout the world

COSMIC on SlideShare.net

COSMIC has opened an account on SlideShare. Our aim is to publish presentations on COSMIC in any language in that account. Do you have presentations in any language that you want to share with the whole COSMIC community, send them to Frank Vogelezang and he will make sure it is made available on SlideShare.

 

In this way we want to make the COSMIC method easily available to a wide audience.

COSMIC on the IWSM Mensura conference

On October 6-8 the IWSM Mensura conference will be held in Rotterdam. During this conference many research developments on COSMIC will be presented. In total six papers that are focussed around COSMIC will be presented.

 

If you want a comprehensive update on version 4.0 you can start the conference by attending the COSMIC Masterclass. This year the conference has a diverse workshop program of 8 workshops.

 

Alexandre Oriou from Renault will give the Monday keynote on how they use COSMIC to manage the automotive embedded software development cost and productivity with automated measurement.

 

On Monday afternoon there will be an open COSMIC meeting with IAC members and all those who are interested in COSMIC developments.

Entry-level certification exam

Also during the IWSM Mensura conference there will be a COSMIC Entry-level certication exam on Tuesday, October 7 in Rotterdam.  More info on the exam

 

Currently we are testing the new COSMIC version 4.0 exam and when these tests are in order, this will be the first public version of the COSMIC version 4.0 exam.

COSMIC in the US

We are looking to create a directory of COSMIC users that are based in the US, so we can begin networking and sharing COSMIC experiences.

It is envisioned that we would meet, via conference call, on a periodic basis, perhaps quarterly. During that call, users can share experiences they have had in the use of COSMIC. More importantly, this time together could be used to discuss ways in which we could advance the use of COSMIC in the US.

If you would please forward the following information to David Herron at dherron@cosmicon.com then we can start to share experiences.

COSMIC IAC representatives

In 23 countries around the world COSMIC has members of the International Advisory Council to represent the COSMIC organization to that country. Those countries are coloured blue in the world map above.

If you are interested in networking with other COSMIC users (like in the US initiative) or in exchanging news or questions in your own language you can contact the IAC member in your country or region:

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