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 MoreNesma is partnering with SPI China
In this blog I ‘d like to share a few of my recent memories and the story of how Nesma got a new partner in China! Chinese plan to improve the software industry Recently the Nesma office was contacted by…
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 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 MoreFPAi to keep focused
on customer functionality
It’s all about satisfied customers There is a lot distracting us from what it is all about: satisfied customers. For instance the choice whether to use agile scrum or waterfall as development environment, think of organization moves or commercial interests….
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…
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…
Read MoreNesma and ICEAA cooperate
on Software Cost Engineering curriculum
A giant leap forward Nesma president Ton Dekkers and ICEAA president Brian Glauser have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will enable Nesma and ICEAA to cooperate on the development of a ‘Software Cost Engineering’ curriculum and certification program. This…
Read MoreScrum and Function Points:
friends or foe
How agile are Function Points? Many organizations have learned that they can get a better grip on their software projects by estimating them with function points. At the same time, we see that more and more organizations have an Agile…
Read MoreStimulate excellence
instead of building tollgates
Bureau for IT Review The result of the Parliamentary investigation into Governmental IT projects will result in a new institute, the Bureau for IT Review (BIT). And despite the fact that the ten recommendations of the investigation committee are very good,…
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