Software Test Estimation

Overview

”Software development costs are significant. And yet for 25 years now, 200 to 300 per cent cost over-runs and up to 100 percent time slippages have been common, frequent, almost universal. It would seem that software development had no pattern, no process, no methodology, or no characteristic behavior.”

Workshop Benefits
The objective of the workshop is to provide inputs on Function Points and COCOMO, which are perhaps the most popular methods of sizing and estimating software systems today. Function point analysis developed by Allen Albrecht, when at IBM, is now universally accepted as an adequate and effective measure of functionality of a business, commercial, MIS software system and thus a vital first step towards generating realistic estimates. It must be noted that FPA is not geared for systems software, real-time applications or scientific systems. COCOMO is an Estimation model developed by Dr. Barry Boehm and used to estimate effort and calendar time.

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Course Outline

Introduction and Overview - Factors that affect productivity, The Size effect
Function Point Counting IFPUG 4.0 - Unadjusted Function Points -
General System Characteristics- Baseline Identification - Case Study
Quick Function Point Analysis - FPA in Enhancement Projects - Mark II FPA
COCOMO (Constructive Cost Model) - Basic COCOMO, Intermediate COCOMO
Detailed COCOMO -
COCOMO II , Delphi’s Wideband Estimation Technique
Using the Various Techniques / Models, Estimation Capability Maturity
Estimation Tools- PQM Plus- SLIM - COSTAR- FPA Manager, Estimates
Summary


Who Should Attend

Program Management
Project Management
Pre Sales & Marketing
Quality Process Engineering
Software Quality Assurance and
Requirements Engineering & Management

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Public Seminar Pricing ~ 2-day


General Seminar Information
$895 per attendee
(QAI Members receive a 10% Discount)		 Start Time (first day) ~ 9:00 am
End Time (last day) ~ 4:30 pm
The price includes the course material, lunch & breaks each day, and a certificate of completion. Hotel and travel arrangements are the responsibility of the attendee.



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