In the spotlight

• Applying for the Nesma counting guidelines to web and internet development: Remco van Beek of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst) and his colleagues are developing an approach for the application of Nesma counting guidelines in Web and Internet development. They would like to share this approach with other function point analysts. In a knowledge-sharing session to be scheduled this spring, the participants will exchange their knowledge and experiences in this field. Click here for more information about the session and registration. 
• New version of the user guide for FPA in software enhancement projects: recently Nesma has published an updated version of the user guide for the application of Function Point Analysis in software enhancement projects, both in English and in Dutch. The new versions can be downloaded free of charge from the Documents section of the website.
  
• Software Cost Estimating: Read two very interesting short articles about this subject, by Paul Marston (MCRI/ICEAA) and Esteban Sanchez (Galorath). These articles have been written in the context of the upcoming IWSM-Mensura conference.
• ISBSG reports: Recently, the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group has issued new analysis papers. As Nesma is a gold partner of the ISBSG, Nesma platinum and gold members can download the ISBSG special analysis papers for free from the Nesma site.