This meeting will be held in Dutch! On February 17, we will have another online meeting of the FPA Special Interest Group. The topic of this meeting is: Function point accounting (in an Agile environment). Using a practical example, Richard…
Read MoreOrganization of the CFPA exam has changed
Our service provider for FPA certification was CITO, this contract is stopped per 31 July because CITO aims to target on more specific customers. We have found a very good alternative; from the 1st of august the exams will be…
Read MoreOrganisatie van CFPA-examen is veranderd
Als Nesma hadden we tot 31 juli 2017 een contract met het CITO voor de examinering van de telrichtlijnen. Het CITO heeft aangegeven het contract niet te willen verlengen omdat ze zich wil richten op specifiekere klanten. We hebben inmiddels…
Read MoreCito certification stops
Over the last years, the Dutch organization Cito has taken care of the certification of the Nesma CFPA exams. They dealt with the operational matters, including hosting the exams, digitally and on location with their partner Lamark. The exams are…
Read MoreNew version ISO-standard Nesma-FPA
In 2005 the Nesma FPA counting guidelines became the international standard ISO/IEC 24570:2005. In the 2010 and 2015 systematic reviews the standard was prolonged as International Standard. The Nesma Counting Practices Committee has made an inventory of questions and issues…
Read MoreCertificering en Cito
Op dit moment wordt de certificering door Cito namens Nesma afgenomen. Zij verzorgen de operationele zaken inclusief de hosting van de examens (digitaal) en de locaties (met partner Lamark). De examens zijn eigendom van Nesma. Ook is de examencommissie aangesteld…
Read MoreNieuwe versie ISO-standaard Nesma-FPA
In 2005 is de Nesma FPA telrichtlijnen de internationale norm ISO / IEC 24570: 2005 geworden. Bij de systematische reviews van 2010 en 2015 werd de standaard verlengd als International Standard. De Werkgroep Telrichtlijnen heeft de afgelopen jaren een inventarisatie…
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 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 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…
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