Re: Function Points

2007-05-09 Thread David Bovill
On 09/05/07, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It started out with an interest in cyclomatic complexity, tailoring McCabe's algorithm to be more appropriate for Rev (for example, I weight "send...in time" since it's one of the few ways you can introduce race conditions into Rev code, and

Re: Function Points

2007-05-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
David Bovill wrote: Whats a slam-dunk? It's an American colloquialism derived from basketball, referring to scoring a solid point in one decisive move (slamming the ball through the hoop). What sort of tools are you thinking of here Richard? I am asking because I still have the code graphing

Re: Function Points

2007-05-09 Thread David Bovill
More seriously On 09/05/07, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But since most of my works spans multiple versions of products, I've been fleshing out some internal tools for code base analysis, What sort of tools are you thinking of here Richard? I am asking because I still have t

Re: Function Points

2007-05-09 Thread David Bovill
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Re: Function Points

2007-05-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Thanks for the input, Chipp and David. I think David summed it up well here: I have not looked at Function Point Analysis before - but reading up on it makes doesn't leave a good taste. For me this is more of a thought experiment than an immediate need, as I have a small number of multi-year

Re: Function Points

2007-05-09 Thread David Bovill
I have not looked at Function Point Analysis before - but reading up on it makes doesn't leave a good taste. Research shows that a huge percentage of initial requirements (ie function points) never reach the final product - from memory and the published research I read on this last year thi

Re: Function Points

2007-05-08 Thread Chipp Walters
Nope, don't use Function points here. But I do have experience in estimating project scope. Here's some ideas: 1) First, get a small upfront check to build the spec. A defined spec will help greatly in creating an estimate for what it takes to complete a project. I typically like to cr

Function Points

2007-05-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
most popular is counting function points, but as I've looked into this it seems that even the best methods for counting function points have a strong subjective element (when is a particular input considered "complex"?). So while I can see the value for large shops where the sam