WCAC ICEAA April Luncheon: Software Estimation Using Functional Size Derived from User Stories

Summary:

Natural language processing and ISO standard functional size metrics offer an opportunity for an improved approach to sizing and estimation directly from user stories. This presentation will offer an overview of how functional size generated by ScopeMaster can be used for directly for estimation in SEER-SEM. This approach uses either Cosmic or Simple Function Points and considers the uncertainty around sized, ambiguous and potentially missing requirements.

This briefing was originally presented at the ICEAA Professional Development & Training Workshop.

Speakers:

Karen McRitchie, Esteban Sanchez, Alton Ng

Location:

MS Teams

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Meeting ID: 283 749 245 810

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Speaker Bios:

Karen McRitchie – Karen McRitchie has been with Galorath Incorporated for 30 years and leads all work related to the SEER product line. She comes from a software development and mathematical modeling background and has worked in all domains of cost estimation including software, IT services, hardware and manufacturing. As an advocate for costing professionals, she seeks new and innovative methods to improve the state of the cost estimating and analysis practice.

Esteban Sanchez – Mr. Esteban Sanchez is a senior software and hardware consultant from Galorath. He has an engineering degree in electronics and a masters in IT administration and project management. Esteban is a recognized expert on software and hardware sizing and estimation. He is the chair of IFPUG Sizing Standards Committee, PMP and Scrum Master certified. More importantly, Esteban has collected lots of experience and knowledge by helping customers around the world do estimates.

Alton Ng – Alton Ng has been a SEER systems engineer for over 10 years working to develop key features of SEER-SEM. He has been involved with many cost modeling updates related to sizing, agile, maintenance and estimation in general. Alton has a BS in Mathematics of Computation with a minor in statistics from UCLA.