Nesma has decided to adopt Agility and to work in shorter cycles. The advantage is that members that don’t want to commit to a workgroup for many years can support one or more iterations. Joining a working group for a…
Read MoreNesma 2020: nieuwe structuur, nieuwe plannen
Nesma heeft besloten om Agility te omarmen en kort-cyclischer te gaan werken. Het voordeel is dat leden die niet jaren in een werkgroep willen zitten wel een bijdrage kunnen leveren en mee kunnen werken aan één of meer iteraties. Langer…
Read MoreMore than 8.000 projects, releases & sprints to benchmark against
The International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG) announces the new release of the Development & Enhancements data repository: 2017R1. Over 500 projects have been added and the number of new development projects, releases and series of sprints is now over…
Read MoreImplementing a successful measurement process in an IT Service company
In today’s software industry, where dynamism, adaptability to change and competitiveness are the key words, measurements have become a necessary and important tool for the organizations. Using only the gut feeling or intuition when making decisions regarding company’s future development…
Read MoreUsing Kaizen Ideas To Improve Productivity
If you are not familiar with lean manufacturing and the associated methodologies, 5S might be a bit of a mystery to you. Before I dive into explaining it in detail, and how it can be applied with great results to software…
Read MoreISBSG introduces the Online Productivity Data Query Tool
The International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG) announces the introduction of the Productivity Data Query tool as a replacement for the Data portal. Now it becomes easy to select a subset of productivity, speed and quality data from the ISBSG…
Read MoreHow to measure the value of agile software development
For an increasing number of companies, the agile development and modification of their software has become the standard approach. Users are happier because they see the desired changes in the softwaremore quickly. Developers are happier because they are in direct contact with users…
Read MoreGlossary of terms for software Non-functional and Project Requirements
Joint effort of two Software Metrics Associations The COSMIC and IFPUG organizations have announced the publication of their joint Glossary which is the first result of the two organizations’ desire to collaborate more in the service of the software engineering community….
Read MoreArguments for a new FPA manual
I want to argue here for a new FPA manual v3.0. The proposed changes are: Abolish the detailed analysis Rename the high-level (global) analysis to FPA analysis Introduce an indicative analysis, based on the function model, in addition to the current indicative analysis,…
Read MoreThe accuracy of High Level FPA
But what is the accuracy of high level FPA compared to a detailed FPA? Now that IFPUG published uTip #3, the users of the IFPUG method now officially got the green light to use size estimation methods that can be…
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