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2010 IFPUG WORKSHOPS
September 13, 2010
At this workshop a significant number of courses are available. All courses are limited in size and fill up quickly. Only pre-registered, prepaid and confirmed attendees will be guaranteed a space. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and includes course materials and breaks the day of your course(s). Maximum class registration for all courses is 20 students.
All classes run from 8:30 am - 5 pm daily, unless otherwise noted.
| Fee Structure – Workshops |
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Early Bird Cost (before 8/1) |
Normal Cost (after 8/1) |
| Member |
Half day: $150
Full day: $300 |
Half day: $250
Full day: $500 |
| Non-Member |
Half day: $250
Full day: $500 |
Half day: $300
Full day: $600 |
| Full-day Class |
| FP-201 Function point analysis applied to enhancement projects |
| Full-day class part 1 |
9:00 - 10:30 |
| Break |
10:30 - 11:00 |
| Full-day class part 2 |
11:00 - 12:45 |
| Lunch on your own |
12:45 - 2:15 |
| Full-day class part 3 |
2:15 - 4:00 |
| Break |
4:00 - 4:30 |
| Full-day class part 4 |
4:30 - 6:00 |
| Half-day Class (Morning) |
ISMA5-1 Benchmark Management – What NOT to do
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ISMA5-3 Using Function Points to Create Measurement & Analysis Indicators
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| Half-day class part 1 |
9:00 - 10:30 |
| Break |
10:30 - 11:00 |
| Half-day class part 2 |
11:00 - 12:45 |
| Half-day Class (Afternoon) |
ISMA5-2 Documenting Functional Measurement (FP Workshop: Documenting FP Counting)
or
ISMA5-4 Measuring Workflow Applications
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| Half-day class part 1 |
2:15 - 4:00 |
| Break |
4:00 - 4:30 |
| Half-day class part 2 |
4:30 - 6:00 |
FUNCTION POINT COUNTING TRACK
FP-201 Function point analysis applied to enhancement projects
One of the biggest challenges to counting function points in real life is knowing how to approach and count enhancement projects for which there is no baseline count. This hands-on workshop identifies the key components to count and not count in enhancement projects, addresses the zero-function point problems and their solutions, and includes ample hands-on exercises to count enhancement projects in various technologies including batch legacy applications, client server applications, web-based applications and package customizations. We also cover some of the most basic and advanced mistake prone areas when counting function points of enhancement projects (such as double counting, exclusions, over/under counting of data groups, including all users, inherited and non-developed code fixes as part of outsourcing agreements).
Instructor: Carol Dekkers
Logistics: Full day workshop
This workshop can be used as an activity towards your CFPS Certification Extension.
ISMA5-2 Documenting Functional Measurement (FP Workshop: Documenting FP Counting)
The goal of this workshop is to show the importance of proper functional measurement documentation. The course starts with a short measurement case study where each student will perform measurements according to their current documentation standard. This exercise and its answers will serve as a starting point to discuss various guidelines for function name standardization and better organization of counts. Some proposals for different levels of detail of measurement documentation will be presented, always followed by examples, as well as situations where each of those levels is appropriate. We will also discuss factors that affect function point counting productivity and present typical productivity values. At the end of the course another small measurement case study will be used to summarize the guidelines discussed.
Instructor: Guilherme Siqueira Simões
Logistics: Half day workshop – afternoon
ISMA5-4 Measuring Workflow Applications
The goal of this workshop is to show how to measure workflow applications, addressing how to apply the rules defined in the CPM to the measurement of this type of system. First there will be a characterization of workflow applications. Then the interpretations of each metering rules that should be given for this type of system will be discussed based on practical applications. To complete the course the students will be offered a case study to solve based on the explanations given and then the solution will be commented by the instructor.
Instructor: Carlos Vazquez
Logistics: Half day workshop – afternoon
MEASUREMENT TRACK
ISMA5-3 Using Function Points to Create Measurement & Analysis Indicators
Function Points constitute an important project management measure. Nevertheless, function points alone do not answer many questions a project manager poses in a software project’s lifetime. Not only project managers need answers to those questions, but also other hierarchic levels of the organization directly interested in project results.
The measurement and analysis discipline is important for tracking software engineering activities. In practice this happens through the establishment of measurements (indicators). Through analysis, these measures will answer questions and clarify doubts related to software project progress.Which project manager has never asked the question, “How well is my project doing?”
Instructors: Eduardo Alves de Oliveira
Logistics: Half day workshop – morning
BENCHMARKING TRACK
ISMA5-1 Benchmark Management – What NOT to do
Procedures used in Project Offices to determine, record, maintain, and get results from FPA metrics:
- Development Requests Workflow
- To certify estimates, metrics, and adherence to internal processes
- Use and reuse of estimated counts
- Use and reuse of General Systems Characteristics (GSC)
- Cost and Schedule Estimates: the untouchability of unadjusted Function Points
- Development Productivities – Dynamic Benchmark
- Phase Percentages and Man/Hour Productivities
- Schedules and schedule deviations
- Financial Tracking of “Software Islands”
- Statistics and Indicator Generation
Instructors: Marcus Mello
Logistics: Half day workshop – morning
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