ISMA 13 – Mumbai

The 13th CSI/IFPUG International Software Measurement & Analysis Conference Creating Value from Measurement Over the last years, ICT organizations are going to move more and more the focus from software to services and non-functional issues. Function Point Analysis (FPA) still remains a…

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Troublesome software metrics
cause errors in estimates

Introduction The software industry is one of the largest and most successful industries in history. But software applications are among the most expensive and error-prone manufactured objects in history. Software needs accurate estimates of schedules, costs, and quality. These are…

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Nesma and the IFPUG standard

On behalf of Nesma, Adri Timp (chairman of our Counting Practices Committee), is a member of the IFPUG Functional Sizing Standards Comittee (FSSC). The main tasks of the FSSC are: Keeping the IFPUG Counting Practices Manual (CPM) up to date…

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ISMA10 – Creating Value from Measurement

Over the last several years, Information Technology organizations have been moving their focus from software to services and non-functional issues. Function Point Analysis still remains a beneficial technique for estimating and sizing software solutions from functional user requirements, but needs…

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