"ODC - a 10x for Root Cause Analysis"

Ram Chillarege

One approaches Root Cause Analysis with ODC differently. While the spirit is the same, the tools and levels of abstraction are different: yielding a significant gain in speed and consequently a greater coverage of defects. The gains multiply driving the savings.

Software Engineering Optimization

Chillarege Inc. introduces a new concept of how to measure and manage software development. Our methods, blend business dynamics with hard core engineering defining a new space of value creation. The methods are applicable to products and services, helping us forge the competitive methods for today's global economy.

ODC Consulting

Orthogonal Defect Classification (ODC) is a technology to speed software process diagnosis and feedback. Our ODC consulting practice is now expanded to include several training sessions, management consulting, and customized analysis.

Ram Chillarege, principal, was awarded the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, "For invention of ODC and contributions to the advances in software engineering measurement and analysis". He also received the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award for ODC in 1993.