2-day Workshop on
Software Estimation & Function Point Analysis
 

Bangalore:   17th and 18th March 2008  (Monday and Tuesday), Schedule: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm

Venue:   Hotel Taj West End ,  the Best 5-Star Hotel in Bangalore

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Function Point Analysis: Theory and Practice (one full day),  Agile COCOMO and Proxy Based Estimation (PROBE), Critical Chain Scheduling and Buffer Management (CCPM),  Planning Poker -Agile Estimation Technique,  Pricing to Win - Lean Estimation Strategies focusing on Stakeholder Value. More than 50% hands-on sessions and case-study based practice assignments.

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Earn 14  PDUs

 

Binary Essentials Consulting is a Registered Education Provider of PMI, USA.   This course is registered with PMI and  PMPs can claim a credit of 14 PDUs for this course online at www.pmi.org

PMI-REP Course ID for this Program is : 2076-SEFP07
 

 Who Should Attend

   
• Software Project Managers
• Software Project Leaders
• Delivery Managers
• Software QA  Managers
• Process Group Members
• Business Managers - IT
• Software Architects
• Sr. Software Professionals
   

 Workshop Fees



Rs 12,400 per participant
plus 12.36 % service tax

 10 % discount for two or more  participants attending from the same organization


 

Workshop Faculty

This workshop is moderated by our Managing Director, S.M.Kripanidhi.

Kripanidhi has over 29 yrs  experience, the last 20 years in the IT Industry. He has managed and executed over 35 software projects of size ranging from 20 to 200 man-months and has successfully managed the design and development of 6 software products.

In the last 6 years, he has conducted over 50 open workshops, over 300 in-house programs on Software Project Management,  Agile Methodologies, Software  Requirements Engineering,  Software Estimation and other Software Engineering and System Engineering Disciplines

He has been involved in extensive research and practice of various Agile Methodologies and coaches software teams implement these practices.

Kripanidhi has designed, developed and delivered customized programs for Centre for Technical Training (CTT),  Philips Research Labs, Eindhoven, The Netherlands for their software professionals and technical managers  worldwide.

He is also an accredited trainer for LogicaCMG to deliver their proprietary project planning and tracking module for their project managers worldwide.

Prior to his career in IT, Kripanidhi has served in the Indian Air Force as a commissioned officer for over 8 years and held senior positions of responsibility in Air Defence Control, Cryptography and Special Projects.

Kripanidhi is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Lead Assessor: ISO-9000 Quality Systems  , Certified Management Auditor, Certified Business Analyst  and a Trained Trainer
 

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A comprehensive case-study driven workshop covering most of the important estimation methodologies used in Software Estimation.  Concepts of Critical Chain and TOC in schedule estimation has been included.

Agile COCOMO,  Proxy Based Estimation, Wide band Delphi,  Function Point Analysis and popular FP Variants will be discussed in detail.   Participants will learn to choose the right estimation method that best suits their domain and project context.  Estimation Practices used in Iterative and Agile Development will also be demonstrated.

For the first time, Planning Poker, a proven Agile Estimation Technique will be demonstrated and practiced in the workshop on a simulated case-study

This workshop has been successfully repeated over 25 times in the last 5 years and participants from over 50 software organizations who have attended it  have said that they found it very useful in practice.
 
Workshop Contents
 
Overview to Software Estimation
• Understand issues affecting Software Estimation
• Capability, Complexities, Risks and Size
• The Cone of Uncertainty - Need for Information for Estimation
• Balancing the Estimation Matrix of Cost, Quality, Time and Scope
• Algorithmic Models,  Analogy Models,  Expert Judgment and Pricing to Win
   
Software Estimation Process Imperatives
• Estimation of  Scope of Work and Size of Work
• Assessment of Complexities, Risks and Capabilities
• Estimation of Efforts,  Estimation of Costs / Resources
• Estimation of Project Schedule,  Time Estimation
• Optimizing Estimation to suit Stakeholder Value - Lean Strategy
• Estimation Validation and Acceptance
   
Estimation Methods and Application
• Function Point Analysis based on IFPUG CPM 4.1 for sizing
• FP Variants :  Mk II FP,  Feature Points,  Cosmic FFP,  Use-case Points
• LOC Estimation -  System Decomposition Method,  Backfiring
• COCOMO II : Estimation Influencers -  Cost Drivers and Scale Factors
• Proxy Based Estimation (PROBE)
• Agile COCOM0 - appropriation of estimates based on context assessment
• Wide Band Delphi - aggregation of estimation in expert judgment
• Task Based Estimation - Phase networks and WBS ,  PERT/CPM
• Critical Chain and TOC - Haystack Syndrome, Student Syndrome
• Concepts of Critical Chain Project Management in Schedule Estimation
• Estimation Practices in Iterative & Agile Software Development
• Planning Poker - Agile Estimation Technique
Detailed Tutorial on Function Point Analysis
• Overview to Function Point Analysis based on IFPUG CPM 4.1
• Defining the type of count and scope of counting
• Counting FPA Elements: ILF, EIF, EI, EO and EQ
• Complexity Assessment - RET, DET and FTR
• Consolidating the Scores - determining unadjusted FP Count
• Effort Adjustment Factor - 14 influencers (TDI)
• Computing Total Function Points
• Theory of Backfiring -  Converting FP to LOC and vice versa
• Using the size for Effort Estimation - Productivity Metrics and Project Recipes
• Thumb rules in FP - Agile methods for FP Sizing
• Determining Estimated Count based on Software Requirements / RFP Info
   
Case-Study and Group Exercises
1 Effect of influencers on Project Critical Success Factors - QFD Matrix
2 Balancing Estimation to generate Stakeholder Value - CQTS Matrix
3 Applying Agile COCOMO to Proxy Based Estimation - Demonstration
4 Devising an Estimation Strategy - SWOT Analysis and Project Approach
5 Case Study : Estimating size and scope of work from a one page RFP
6 Estimating Software Size in FP- Detailed Group Exercise on FP Analysis
7 Estimating Effort with Size - Group Exercise on Estimation by Analogy
8 Schedule Estimation : Group Exercise using Critical Chain Concepts
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Iterative Estimation and Agile Burnout Charts - Demonstration

  
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Planning Poker - Group Exercise and Simulation

  
     
How to Register
 
 
  • For nominations, send us an email at team@binaryessentials.com requesting for a program registration form and guidelines. 
  • Completed Program Registration Form can be sent to us along with the payment cheque for confirmation of nomination.  Confirmation of nomination is  on first come first serve basis
  • Usually our workshops are sold out at least one week before program date.  To avoid last minute inconveniences, please reserve your seats well in advance.
  • Please feel free to call or email us if you need any more details or clarifications
 
Our Contact details
 

Workshop Coordinators:  Ms Malathi / Ms Deepa

Binary Essentials Consulting Private Limited
No.1,  Second Floor,  25th Cross, 21st Main,
Banashankari 2nd Stage,  Bangalore 560070  (India)
Phone:  80- 26716590,  80- 26716670
Mobile:  98452 00916
Email:  team@binaryessentials.com
Website:  www.binaryessentials.com

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