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2010 - new year, new advances in software development?

caroldekkers wrote 4 hours ago: As 2009 draws to a close, we’re left with an “interesting year” where budget cuts … more →

Tags: certified scope manager (CSM), change, Communication, Designing Software, functional size measurement, Global Software Development, IT future, IT industry, sameness and change

Make the Hairs on the Back of Your Neck Stand Up1 comment

israelgat wrote 1 day ago: Cote sent me the recent CIO Magazine article entitled ERP’s Paralysis Problem and the Repercus … more →

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software Costs, agresso, Capers Jones, CIO magazine, Compound Object, ERP, Highsmith, IDC

Scope Management is the new Green...

caroldekkers wrote 2 months ago: Recycling, planning for the future, saving the environment for future generations is all part of the … more →

Tags: certified scope manager (CSM), change, Communication, Designing Software, functional size measurement, Global Software Development, IFPUG, ISBSG, ISO/IEC standards

Agile Estimation Using Functional Metrics Parts 3 and 4

tcagley wrote 4 months ago: Agile estimation using functional metrics is designed to cover the product and release rings of Cohn … more →

Tags: Agile, Estimation, Functional Metrics

Agile Estimation Using Functional Metrics Part 2 1 comment

tcagley wrote 5 months ago: Uncertainty: A lot has been written about uncertainty, mostly from the point of view of requirements … more →

Tags: Agile, Estimation

Estimating the Cost of a IT Project1 comment

Subbu wrote 5 months ago: There has been extensive research and development in estimation techniques for software development … more →

Tags: General, adjustment, Assessment, cost estimation, Estimation

Better Estimating Through Software Sizing

iammarchhare wrote 7 months ago: How do you know how long it will take?  Gut feel is how many do their estimations. Late last year, I … more →

Tags: PM Basics, Estimating, project management, P.M., Agile, waterfall, Software development, IT-PM, software sizing

Last Minute Seat Sale on Certified Scope Manager (CSM) workshops: Tampa, FL Apr 27-May 1, 2009

caroldekkers wrote 8 months ago: Dear colleague, A few months ago I conducted a series of webinars on Scope Management and the Certif … more →

Tags: certified scope manager (CSM), change, Communication, Designing Software, functional size measurement, Global Software Development, IT future, IT industry, Scope Management

Which Size Metric Should I Use? Draft Part 3

tcagley wrote 11 months ago: The fourth step in our checklist for selecting a size metric is an evaluation of the temporal compon … more →

Tags: Software Measurement, measurement, Software Metrics, Functional Metrics

Which Software Size Metric Should I Use? Part 2 (draft)1 comment

tcagley wrote 11 months ago: Knowing the measurement goal that the size metrics you are selecting actually supports is a big deal … more →

Tags: Software Measurement, measurement, Software Metrics, Functional Metrics

Which Software Size Metric Should I Use?1 comment

tcagley wrote 11 months ago: All jokes aside size matters. Size matters because at least intellectually we all recognize that the … more →

Tags: Estimation, Project Estimation, project management, Software Measurement, Functional Metrics, measurement, Software Metrics, Software Size

Function Points are NOT an Estimating Model3 comments

caroldekkers wrote 1 year ago: It continually amazes me that there is such confusion in the marketplace and in industry about funct … more →

Tags: ISBSG, The IT Measurement Compendium, IFPUG, ISO/IEC standards, functional size measurement, estimating software development cost and effort, estimating models

The IT Measurement Compendium - Estimating & Benchmarking Success with Functional Size Measurement (Function Points)

caroldekkers wrote 1 year ago: The IT MEasurement Compendium cover It is finally available in the United States and throughout the … more →

Tags: IT Software Development, Software Measurement, IT Benchmarking

Are You Going To Vote In The IFPUG Election?

tcagley wrote 1 year ago: IFPUG is holding its annual elections for open positions on the Board of Directors (BoD). Five candi … more →

Tags: IFPUG

Function Points Exciting?1 comment

tcagley wrote 1 year ago:     I would like to pose a few questions to frame this blog entry.   What drives the level of excite … more →

Tags: IFPUG, Social Media

Estimation in the dark

moffdub wrote 1 year ago: I avoided it as long as possible, but the time came when the business guys on The Project wanted me … more →

Tags: The Project, Software Engineering, Estimation, Schedule, use case points, object points, Agile, linda laird

Its Almost Summer

tcagley wrote 1 year ago: It June 2008 and there is a lot of action in the IFPUG Universe. The Multiple Media Survey is about … more →

Tags: IFPUG

Recertified!

jcesarmo wrote 1 year ago: Again as in 2001 and 2004, on Wednesday I received the notice that I was re-certified as a CFPS for … more →

Tags: life or something like it, technology, IFPUG, CFPS

The point with points ...

Ola Ellnestam wrote 1 year ago: … or relative size over absolute numbers Imagine yourself at the startup of a project. Your re … more →

Tags: Agile, Planning, relative size, absolute size


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