Software Cost Estimation Summit 2021

On November 9, 2021 the second edition of the Software Cost Estimation Challenge was presented online. Five professional teams had prepared an estimate of a 12-page software specification for an imaginary Seabed Observatory Control System. The teams had four weeks…

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Software Cost Estimation – Why not?

Software Cost Estimation – Why not? Sometimes I feel I am not living in the same world everybody else does. I was (and am), involved in professional software estimation, benchmarking, and contracting processes for almost half of my life, and…

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Non-Functional Requirements

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…

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Making Measurement Count
Call for Presentations

Pursuing the revitalising of the Association the UKSMA is holding: an UKSMA Conference in London in May 2018 The conference affords the opportunity to share experiences, ideas, academic papers, case studies, and strategies for widening the relevance, appeal and benefit…

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Estimating 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…

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Het 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…

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Significant discounts on ISBSG corporate subscriptions

Nesma offers significant discounts on ISBSG corporate subscriptions! Nesma encourages organizations that are serious about improving their decision-making capabilities based on data to become ISBSG corporate subscriber. This subscription gives you the most value possible and helps you leverage the…

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Autumn conference in retrospect

On Thursday November 9, the annual Nesma Autumn Conference took place at the Soester Duinen, in Soest (NL). The theme of the conference was “Metrics in contracts, how to avoid horror stories”. About 60 visitors attended the conference. Remarkable was…

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