The European Competitive Measurement Symposium focuses on:  
« The keys to successful measurement and benchmarking of software activities».

By attending this symposium, you will gain knowledge from some of the worlds’ best experts and be able to:

• Develop your expertise in software measurement

• Improve your skills for implementing measurement and analysis, estimation, knowledge sharing and benchmarking in your organization

• Understand the state of the art in the different disciplines

• Network and share experiences with representatives of other practitioners

• Establish professional contacts among industry recognized experts

• Contribute to the European measurement and benchmarking community

The goals of ECMS 2008 are to train and inform you about the best practices in measurement-related areas, through presentations, experience sharing, networking, and round tables.

This symposium addresses large organizations with a CMMI 2 or 3 maturity level or similar, and in particular to the following responsibilities:

• CMMI Managers, SEPG Members, Quality Managers, Method & Tools Managers,

• Program or Project Directors, Project Managers, IT Managers

• Measurement Analysts, Reporting Managers

• Managers or Experts in Project Estimation

• FP Managers (IFPUG, Cosmic, ..), FSM « Functional Sizing Measurement »

The 4 Symposium themes are «Project Estimation», «Measurement & Analysis», «Functional Sizing Measurement» and «Benchmarking»

The ECMS 2008 will take place on the 5^th & 6^th of February 2008, in Paris, on a private conference boat  on the Seine River, just at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. In order to facilitate networking, a gala dinner will be held on Tuesday evening.

Limited number of seats

• As the number of attendees is limited by the room capacity, we invite you to register quickly.

Register before December 21^st !

• If you register before December 21^st, you will receive a 10% discount on your registration fee, 15% for 2, and 20% for 3 registrations or more.
• Registration

Language

• The official language of the Symposium is English.
• All attendees will receive the slides of the presentations, and other publications.