| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Note continued: Scope Management -- Summary -- ISBSG Regression Equation Tables -- Using the ISBSG Regression Equations -- Creating Graphs from the Equations -- Example Effort Estimate Using the Equations -- Summary -- Using the Comparison Technique -- Summary -- Background: Reasoning by Analogy -- Estimating by Analogy -- Advantages of Estimating by Analogy -- Drawbacks of Estimating by Analogy -- Summary -- Work Breakdown Structure: Introduction -- Using Process Models for Micro-Estimation -- Summary -- Subsets Implemented Utilizing Different Technologies -- Code and Reference Tables -- Subsets Characterized by Technical or Other Complexities -- Reused Code -- Summary -- Use of an Organization's Own Experience Data -- Use of the ISBSG Data -- ISBSG Repository -- Guidelines for Use of the ISBSG Data -- Presentation of Statistics -- Using Several Estimation Approaches -- Summary -- Case Study: A Student and Staff Records Management System (SSRM) -- Overview -- Functional Size Measurement -- Project Work Effort and Duration Estimates -- Example 1: Estimating Using Regression Equations -- Using Regression Equations to Generate Estimates for SSRM -- Regression Equations: Functional Size -- Regression Equations: Functional Size and Maximum Team Size -- Discussion -- Example 2: Estimating Using Comparison -- Estimating by Comparison Technique -- Using Estimating by Comparison to Generate Estimates for SSRM -- Discussion -- Example 3: Estimating Using Analogy -- Estimating by Analogy Technique -- Using Estimating by Analogy to Generate Estimates for SSRM -- Discussion -- Summary -- Estimating an Agile Project -- Story Points -- Story Point Scale -- Calibrating the Story Point Scale Using Past Projects -- Development Team Velocity -- Allocating Story Points to Stories -- Estimating Total Project Schedule and Cost at Project Initiation |
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Note continued: Allocating Stories to Individual Project Iterations -- Reviewing the Process at Project Completion -- Benefits of Agile Software Estimation Using Story Points -- Comparing Story Points and Function Points -- Summary -- Hourly Charge-Out Rate -- Internal Project: Building Software for Your Own Organization -- External Project: Building Software for an External Organization -- Refining Hourly Charge-Out Rate for Project Team Structure -- Indexing the Charge-Out Rate for Inflation and Currency Movements -- Additional Cost Considerations -- Costing Activities Outside Project Development Tasks -- Costing Effort Contributed by Personnel Not Included in the PDR -- Summary -- Additional Steps to Calculate Non-PDR-Related Project Costs -- Using the ISBSG PDR Tables to Create Tables for Your Estimating Framework -- Step 1. Identify the Development Platforms -- Step 2. Extract PDR Distributions Based on Development Languages -- Step 3. Adjust the Extracted PDR Distributions According to Team Size -- Step 4. Benchmarking Your Projects' PDR -- Step 5. Construct the Estimation Framework -- Estimates Are Targets, Not Predictions -- Calculating a Benchmark Estimate for a Planned Project -- Step 1. Adjust PDR for Team Size -- Step 2. Adjust PDR for Project Size -- Step 3. Adjust PDR for Development Language -- Step 4. Calculate Effort Estimate and Consider the Range of Probable Values -- Summary -- How Many FSM Methods Are There? -- Which FSM Method Should I Choose? -- How Hard Is It to Measure Functional Size? -- What Sort of Accuracy Can I Expect from an FSM Measurement? -- Value of FSM as a Size Measurement -- Summary -- ISO/IEC Definitions -- What Is Functional Size? -- Analogies to Illustrate Functional Sizing -- Key to Functional Size Measurement Is to "Think Logical" -- Counting in FSM: An Example Using IFPUG Function Points -- IFPUG Function Point Components |
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Note continued: What Is Involved in IFPUG Function Point Counting? -- Logical Boundary -- Where Does Functional Size Fit in with the ISBSG and Software Project Estimating? -- Summary -- New Development Case Study -- Sample Set of User Requirements -- Functional User Requirements -- Functional Size Measurement Using ISO/IEC 20926: 2009 [--] IFPUG 4.3 -- Determining the Functional Size -- Enhancement Case Study -- Sample Set of User Requirements -- Functional User Requirements -- Types of Functional. Size -- Summary -- Overview of the COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Method -- Applicability of the Method -- Principles for Measuring the COSMIC Functional Size of a Piece of Software -- Process for Measuring the COSMIC Functional Size of a Piece of Software -- COSMIC Method Documentation -- Summary -- Analysis of the Size of the New Software to Be Developed -- Analysis of the Size of the Enhancement to the Software -- Overall Size of the Software After the Enhancement -- Summary -- Size Measurement of the New Software to Be Developed -- Size Measurement of the Enhancement to the Software -- Overall Size of the Software After the Enhancement -- Summary -- Data Availability -- Data Quality -- What the ISBSG Data Can Be Used For -- Considerations -- ISBSG Project Data Positioning -- Comparing Apples with Apples -- Selecting a Suitable Data Subset -- What You Can Find in the ISBSG Repository -- Project Origin -- Project Context -- Type of Project -- Type of Product -- Development Environment -- Methods and Tools -- Summary -- Additional Documentation -- Presentation of Statistics -- Explanation of Tables -- Use of the Statistics -- Project Delivery Rates -- Project Delivery Rate by Use of CASE Tools -- Project Delivery Rate by Use of Methodology -- Project Delivery Rate by Relationship Between Customer, Developers, Users |
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Note continued: Project Delivery Rate by Project Size -- Project Delivery Rate by Maximum Team Size -- Impact of Maximum Team Size and Project Size on Project Delivery Rate -- What Are These Estimates Based On? -- Which Equation(s) Should You Use? -- Do These Equations Apply to My Project? -- What Do the Statistics Mean? -- How to Submit a Project -- Description of the Project Benchmark Report -- Terms -- Metrics |
| Summary |
Helping you deploy and manage high-performance data transformation solutions across your enterprise; this step-by-step guide explains the tools and methods necessary to extract conclusive business intelligence from disparate corporate data. -- Edited summary from book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Computer software -- Development -- Estimates
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Computer software -- Development -- Costs
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COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Open Source.
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COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Engineering -- Tools.
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COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Engineering -- General.
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Computer software -- Development -- Costs
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Computer software -- Development -- Estimates
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hill, Peter R
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International Software Benchmarking Standards Group.
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| LC no. |
2010030530 |
| ISBN |
9780071717922 |
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0071717927 |
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9780071776301 |
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0071776303 |
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9780071717915 |
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0071717919 |
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1282787705 |
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9781282787704 |
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9786612787706 |
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6612787708 |
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