Byron, Probably the answer to your question should be reversed. If Java is the language of implementation 1 function point is equivalent to about 50 Java ...
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Aug 8, 2008 7:58 am
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Capers - Thank you for your response. Does any statistical data exist that crosses function points with requirements on varying size projects in various...
Byron, Quite a bit of such data exists. There is data available for Agile, all levels of the CMM, RUP, PSP/TSP, Six-Sigma, Quality Function Deployment, etc. ...
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Aug 9, 2008 8:25 pm
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Dear Members:Â I am trying to use UML diagrams to clearly represent the requirements and design decisions. I found that the UML 2 Sequence Diagram Conventions...
... requirements and design decisions. ... inconsistent and also misleading. Here are my findings. ... Putcha, I suggest using UML Activity models to document...
(responding to Putcha) ... My memory is hazy, but I seem to recall that there was a deliberate decoupling of messages from operations. I do recall that it...
Dear Huet Landry: Thanks. you reinforce my pref to use Activity Diagrams even before creating Use Case Diagram. Yes, they are useful for agreeing on TO BE...
Capers - Thank you for the pointers - effective defect removal is certainly one of the aspects I need to investigate when comparing SDLC methodologies. Other...
If you haven't seen it, there's an ITU standard (Z.120 - <http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/languages/Z120.pdf>) for message sequence charts. I...
I decided to reply to Paul because I think it is particularly important to remember "we build models." Models have two customers. I create a model because it...
Capers - A question for you regarding Function Point Analysis. The material I'm looking at states that Function Points can be used to determine a project's...
Dear Scott Preece: Thanks. I did not see it before but I could not have made use of it! It is too elaborate. Yet, I will save it for reference. Â Mobile...
Byron, If you use any of the commercial estimating tools based on function points you will find that they handle coding very accurately. For large applications...
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Aug 12, 2008 9:14 am
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Call for Participation 2nd International Workshop on Software Product Management Tuesday 09. September 2008, Barcelona, Spain ...
Hi Christof -- Unfortunately I cannot attend the workshop, but you and your colleagues may be interested in the following papers and online Wiki-like system. ...
Dinesh, Thanks for the interesting article. Training needs to be discussed more often. From time to time I evaluate training methods for software engineering....
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Aug 13, 2008 12:13 pm
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International Software Process Improvement Certification (ISPIC) and the Software Process Improvement Body of Knowledge (SPIBOK) **IT IS FINALLY HERE!** The...
Methods & Tools is a free e-newsletter for software developers, testers and project managers. Summer 2008 issue's content: * UML versus Domain-Specific...
Capers - I've been teaching myself Function Point analysis and applying it to some of the work here at the BLM. I've been using a spreadsheet you published a...
Byron, a clarification about 'project size': FP or another FSM method measure only the functional 'product' size from the elicitation of the solely FUR ...
All, I don't agree with this line of reasoning. The main purpose of building software is to provide functions needed by users. In order to build these...
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Aug 21, 2008 10:35 am
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Capers, as we discussed yet during last months, FPA and similar techniques such as COSMIC, NESMA FPA and MarkII can measure only the functional side of a ...
Luigi, Some of the points are probably not well known outside of the function point world. Here is a summary and some examples. The first issue with...
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Aug 21, 2008 4:07 pm
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Luigi, Unfortunately you are mistaken. When you adopt activity-based costs and use function points as the highest level of aggregation then both labor and ...
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Aug 21, 2008 4:08 pm
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Capers, I immagine that a lot of people on this lists know and use Function Points ;-) Anyway, sorry but what you assert is "your" opinion, it's not "the"...
Luigi, I'm not sure I understand your point. For software the main issues of quality are these two: 1 Defects 2 Defect removal efficiency Unless defect removal...
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Aug 22, 2008 9:55 am
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While I have a great respect for Capers, especially when it comes to his primary area of expertise - Function Points, I find that I have to take exception to...
Oops. Looks like this group doesn't allow message attachments. Send me a direct email and I will email you the chapter if you're interested. Don From:...
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