The IT measurement compendium: estimating and benchmarking success with functional size measurement

The first step towards success in a software project is to ensure a professional setup. This includes a metrics-based formal estimation process to ensure asolid foundation for project planning. Accurate estimates require quantitative measurements, ideally tool based. In addition, software project managers must also monitor and update these estimates during the project’s lifecycle to control progress and assess possible risks. Based on their many years of practical experience as software managers and consultants, Manfred Bundschuh and Carol Dekkers present a framework of value to anyone involved with software project management. They present all five ISO/IEC-acknowledged Functional Sizing Methods, with variants, experiences, counting rules and case studies, and they use numerous practical examples to show how to use functional size measurement to produce realistic estimates. Explains ISO/IEC standards specific to softwaremeasurement and Functional Size Measurement (the 14143 series) Details the five most popular and ISO/IEC accepted Functional Size Measurement standards including: IFPUG, COSMIC, FiSMA, Mark II, and NESMA Presents various other software sizing methods including use case points, object points, and academic approaches INDICE: Positive and negative aspects of estimation.- Estimation in software maintenance.- Basic principles of estimation, the problems of estimation.- Basic and determining factors of estimation.- The introduction of estimation, FAQ's.- Common errors, to-dos and not-ro-dos when estimating.- Software metrics, Benchmarking-figures.- Software metrics in Object Oriented-, Data Warehouse- and Web-environment.- IT metrics organizations, tools for estimation.- Methods and metrics, especially the Function Point methods and their variants.- Case studies, checklists, references.

• ISBN: 978-3-540-68187-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 650
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés