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Measuring and Managing your Functional Requirements
David Herron, Principal
David Consulting Group
19 Pointe View Dr., Medford, NJ 08055
dh@davidconsultinggroup.com
This presentation introduces a practical method for effectively gathering and sizing
software requirements to produce realistic estimates for level of effort project
costs. Best practice techniques such as Function Point Analysis and Mind Mapping
are integrated into a highly stimulating presentation.
The capability to clearly define a user requirement is critical to the overall success
of a software project. What is your organization doing today to capture requirements
and to communicate anticipated results to the end user? Project managers must use
an effective requirements gathering technique in order to properly identify and
size the functionality requested by the end user. Do you have the tools necessary
to enable you to provide the answers your management and your clients are looking
for? Reliable diagramming techniques including Context Diagrams, Use Cases and Mind
Maps and Function Point Analysis as a sizing methodology are the techniques used
by leading edge companies. These proven techniques are presented together with the
tools and templates necessary to advance your organization towards more effectively
measuring and managing software requirements.
Learning objectives
• Techniques for accurately sizing functional requirements and estimating costs
early in the project lifecycle
• Effective use of diagramming techniques for clearly defining functional requirements
• Identification of the functional value and complexity of the requirements using
Function Point Analysis
• A method for assessing and managing project risks
Presenter:
David Herron has over 25 years of experience in software development.
During the last ten years he has served as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies
in the areas of software performance measurement and management.
Mr. Herron has addressed audiences throughout the U.S. and Europe on functional
measures and software estimating.
He is a Principal in the David Consulting Group, Inc. and has recently authored
Function Point Analysis, Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects,
Addison-Wesley, 2000.
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