Managing (the Size of) Your Projects

A Project Management Look at Function Points

Managing (the Size of) Your Projects

Summary:

This article is an introduction, as well as a refresher, to readers who need to update their knowledge about function points (FPs). It includes many of the concepts presented in my presentation, "Requirements Are (the Size of ) the Problem," at the 1998 Software Technology Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

About the author

Carol Dekkers

Carol A. Dekkers is President of Quality Plus Technologies, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in creating peace of mind for companies who want to improve their software processes. Software measurement, software quality, process improvement, requirements, and software sizing (using function point analysis, as an example) are a few of the Quality Plus areas of specialization.