Non-Functional Requirements Any car can drive, so why do rappers, superstar athletes, and million- and billionaires, pay tons of money extra to buy a Bentley Continental GT coupe that gets them as fast and safe to where they want to be…
Read MoreEstimating non-functionals: we need your help
Estimating non-functionals: we need your help Estimating non-functional requirements has been an issue for decades. We have tried the 14 GSCs to correct the functional size for non-functional complications, but that did not work. We have tried COCOMO-like approaches, which…
Read MoreHet begroten van non-functionals: Hulp gevraagd
Het begroten van non-functionals: Hulp gevraagd Het begroten van non-functional requirements is al tientallen jaren een hot issue. We hebben de 14 systeemkenmerken geprobeerd die de functionele omvang corrigeren voor niet-functionele invloeden, maar dat werkte niet. We hebben COCOMO-gebaseerde aanpakken…
Read MoreAutumn Conference 2017 – Software Metrics in Contracts
‘Metrics in Contracts, how to avoid horror stories’ Conference program and time schedule Start End Title Presenter(s) 13.00 13.30 Welcome and Registration 13.30 13.35 Conference opening (slides) Conference chair 13.35 14.20 Keynote presentation: BIT and bites (slides) The Bureau…
Read MoreBridging the gap between Chaotic and Controlled software project estimating
Two worlds for software project estimating It appears at first sight that there are two worlds for software project estimating which, for simplicity, I will call the ‘Chaotic’ and the ‘Controlled’ worlds. The Chaotic world is characterised by the majority of…
Read MoreSoftware size measures and their use in software project estimation – part 3
Introduction This is the third part of the blog focusing on a number of popular software size measurement methods and their usefulness for software project estimation. In this third part the non-functional size measurement methods are covered. In the next and…
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 MoreSoftware size measures and their use in software project estimation – part 2
Functional Size Measurement methods This is the second part of the blog focusing on a number of popular software size measurement methods and their usefulness for software project estimation. In this second part the functional size measurement methods IFPUG, NESMA and…
Read MoreSoftware size measures and their use in software project cost estimation
Software size is the main driver for project cost estimation By far most cost estimation models for software development, enhancement or maintenance projects use the software size as the main input parameter. Software size is widely recognized as an important…
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