Capers Jones on Function Point Estimates

Posted by Craig Brown

Capers Jones has written an article introducing the concepts and methods of function point estimating.  It's useful knowledge for project managemers, analysts, designers and tech team leads.

The article is particularly useful as it gives you a simple framework to try FP estimating yourself.  It also points you at more sophisticated tools in case you want to explore further.

Mr Jones is an expert in the field and author of several books on IT estimating, quality and more. See what he has to say at Modern Analyst.

 

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3 Comments:

  1. Tom Cagley said...
    10:30 AM  
    Capers made many of the same comments at the ISMA Conference and his interview on the Software Process and Measurement Cast (www.spamcast.net).

    Sometimes Capers is controversial such as when he states that lines of code are malpractice (and I agree).
    Craig Brown said...
    8:13 PM  
    Controversy is a great way to make a point, and he sure does have a point he's trying to make.
    Anonymous said...
    6:41 PM  
    People are invited to use this free online FP tool

    http://www.econcinnity.com/eConcinnity/faces/work/estimation/functionpoints/FunctionPointCapture.jsp

    If you register on the site (go to home page to register) then it will let you save your work as you go. There are other tools as well, please have a look at the services tab on the home page

    Do send your suggestions for improvement.

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