Duration
5 days
Course Outline
FUNDAMENTALS & CONCEPTS
- 1. Introduction and Establishing Context
- Introduction to the group & Ice breaking session
- Setting up context of the training session
- 2. Estimation Overview, Need and Challenges
- Quality Assurance, Quality Control & Cost of Quality
- Challenges & Problems in Estimation
- Short Case Study on Estimation & Challenges
- Exercise on Concepts
- 3. Introduction to Sizing Techniques
- Scoping & Strategy Formulation
- Software Sizing Techniques (LoC, FPs)
- Introduction to Function Points
- Brief history
- Scope and Software redefinition
- Exercise – Thinking in function points
- 4. Function Points Counting Process Overview
- Determining Function Point Types
- Establishing the application boundary
- Exercise on application boundary
- Identification and rating of Transaction Function Types
- Identification and rating of Data Function Types
- Calculation of Unadjusted Function Points
- GSCs and determining VAF
- Calculation of Final Function Point Count
- 5. Summarizing
- Synopsis of topics covered
- Participant’s Questions & Discussion as a group
- Feedback
DEEP DIVE INTO FUNCTION POINTS
- 1. Refresher from last day
- Linking the work done on the day before to introduce the contents for next day
- 2. Working with Data and Transaction Function Points
- Understanding RETs, FTR, and DETs
- Transaction Function Points detailed
- Understanding EI, EO and EQs
- Exercise on Transaction Function Points
- Data Function Points detailed
- Understanding Internal Logical Files and External Interface Files
- Exercise on Data Function Points
- 3. Function Points Counting process
- Counting Unadjusted Function Points
- General System Characteristics (GSCs)
- Calculating Value Adjustment Factor by answering GSCs
- Calculating final function points
- Exercise on GSCs and calculating final function points
- 4. Related Body of Work
- Cosmic Function Points
- Test Point Analysis and Test Check Points
- The seven-step approach
- 5. Case Study and Exercise
- Case study and exercise on Function Points
- 6. Summarizing
- Synopsis of topics covered
- Feedback
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