The environmental factors that describe your development team and environment are the second thing you assess when doing project cost estimation with use case points. Environmental factors primarily focus on the capabilities of your team, but also touch on your process.
Software Cost Estimation With Use Case Points – Technical Factors
The technical factors are the first thing you assess when doing a use case point analysis. Technical factors describe the expectations of the users for the delivered software. Generally, it is an assessment of non-functional requirements. There are 13 technical factors that you have to analyze. Read on to see how.
Software Cost Estimation With Use Case Points – Introduction
Estimating the amount of work required to deliver software is hard. Estimating the amount of work in the very early stages of a project is even harder. A method was developed to estimate the amount of work required by analyzing what the system will allow its users to do. That method is called Estimating With Use Case Points. This article is an introduction to the concept.
Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-02-10]
A look back at the best from a year ago
How to Write Good Use Case Names – 7 Tips
The first step in writing the use cases for a project is to define the scope of the project. One way to do that is to list the use case names that define all of the user goals that are in scope. To do that, you need to know how to write good use case names. Good use case names also serve as a great reference and provide context and understanding throughout the life of the project. We present our tips for writing good use case names.
Informal Use Case Template
Free Microsoft Word 2003 template for creating informal use cases. This template is built as a form with guiding text and help text. Read how to use it and download it today.
Crossing The Desert With Bad Project Planning
Johanna Rothman recently wrote an article with a poignant introduction: “A project team focuses on an interim milestone, works like the devil to meet that milestone. They meet the milestone, look up, and realize they’re not at the end of the project–they still have to finish the darn thing. They’re living the Crossing the Desert syndrome.” Fixing it isn’t enough – how do we prevent it from happening?
Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2005-12-30]
A look back at the best from a year ago.
Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2005-12-23]
A look back at the best from a year ago.