Software Process and Measurement

Show 20!

Show 20 features Part 2 of

an interview with Dave Garmus discussing IFPUG Function Points.  David Garmus is one of the Founders of The

David Consulting Group (DCG). David is an acknowledged authority in the sizing,

measurement and estimation of software application development. He is a Past

President of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) and a member

of their Counting Practices Committee. Mr. Garmus is also a member of PMI, SEI

and QAI. He has a BS from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate

School of Business Administration. He has spoken at numerous conferences and

has written many articles and several books, including:

·       

Measuring The Software Process: A

Practical Guide To Functional Measurements, Prentice Hall, 1996

·       

Function Point Analysis; Measurement

Practices for Successful Software Projects, Addison-Wesley, 2001

·       

IT Measurement; Practical Advice

from the Experts, Addison-Wesley, 2002 as a Contributor

·       

“IT Metrics and Benchmarking,"

Cutter IT Journal, June & November 2003 issues, Guest Editor

·       

“Identifying Your Organization’s

Best Practices," CrossTalk, June 2005

·       

“An Introduction to Function Point

Counting," Projects & Profits, ICFAI, June 2005

·       

“The Principles of Sizing and

Estimating Projects Using IFPUG Function Points," Software Tech News, June 2006

                                                     

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essay is titled “Tailoring and Worktypes." 

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Events:

On

Tuesday November 13th I am presenting Traceability:

A Proposal for a Scalable Approach, Agile To Formal at the Fourth Annual

International Conference on Software Process Improvement in Orlando.   

Information can be found at .  On November 16th I will be delivering a

tutorial titled “Implementing

an Effective Measurement Program." 

Spamcast listeners should let me know if you are coming and we can

schedule a meet up.

 

Next

Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process

and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Miranda Mason of Accenture

on sourcing metrics programs.   Sourcing your metrics program is not a topic

that gets a lot of press however the practice is becoming more common and bears

examination.