Questions tagged [fpa]

Function Point Analysis, a standard metric for the relative size and complexity of a software system, originally developed by Alan Albrecht of IBM in the late 1970s.

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When counting function points, is my website menu an External Input?

I'm doing a function point count for a large website. Does the main website menu count as an External Input? I'm doing a function point count as described in this article. If so, since you only click on one menu item at a time, I assume the…

fpa function-point

asked Aug 27 '12 at 14:52

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Which one is more reliable in a large project, COCOMO or FP?

I have estimated the cost of a product by COCOMO, then I estimated it by FP too. the results were so different from each other! The cost estimated by FP was about two times more than the estimated cost by Cocomo. which one is more reliable as this…

estimation cocomo fpa

asked Jul 03 '11 at 15:04

Elton.fd

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Is FPA incompatible with Agile?

I am currently working in an Agile + SCRUM based project. I work on a lower level module. This leads to a peculiar problem. The work I do cannot be directly associated with a user story many times. Since I cannot relate a user story directly to my…

agile fpa

asked Jun 08 '11 at 10:53

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Counting function points

I am performing a function point analysis (FPA) for a project. I am completely new to this process and have started with only the login and authentication modules to validate the results I get. I think I have understood data function well and my…

estimation fpa

asked May 07 '17 at 06:32

bvnbhati

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Great companies using FPA as cost estimation

Anyone know if great enterprises (Google, Oracle, SAP) uses Functional Point Analysis to estimate software building effort?

estimation fpa

asked Jul 08 '11 at 12:12

John John Pichler