Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 16:41:24 -0400 (EDT) From: John Pustaver Subject: REMINDER: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wednesday, June 10, 1998, The Role of Function Points in a Software Metrics Program Software Quality Group Meeting Meetings of the Software Quality Group are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the facilities of Waterfield Technology Group, 430 Bedford Street, Lexington, Massachusetts (see below for directions). MEETING DAY & DATE: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 TIME: 6:15 PM HEADLINE: The Role of Function Points in a Software Metrics Program SPEAKER: Bill Harmon, Director of Consulting, Software Productivity Research MORE INFO: JOHN PUSTAVER, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Waterfield Technology Group, 430 Bedford Street, Lexington DESCRIPTION: The presentation will begin with an overview of the basic rules for counting function points. The talk will also cover measurement concepts and how function points are related to understanding and managing quality, productivity and cost. Detail discussion will include the use of function points to track quality during the life cycle processes and for the overall organization. Productivity will be discussed as it relates to function points per staff month with emphasis on varying productivity depending on process, technology, personnel and environment. The use of function points in providing early and credible estimates as well as providing the ability to manage scope creep during software development will be discussed. Overall portfolio management will be reviewed seeing how function point analysis can help an organization focus on where specific applications can be identified and addressed to help minimize support costs as well as provide more maintainable software. NEXT MEETING NOTE: The next meeting will be held on July 8, 1998, the second Wednesday. This will be our annual "Hot Topics" session. The Software Quality Group holds monthly meetings. Topics covered at these meetings have included software testing, inspections, ISO 9000, configuration management, and demonstrations of vendor QA tools. There is no charge. The Software Quality Group meets monthly at 6:15pm on the second Wednesday of the month at the facilities of Waterfield Technology Group, Lexington Office Park, 430 Bedford Street, Lexington, 2nd floor, next to the elevator. This is just off of route 95 (AKA 128) at the Rtes 4 & 225 exit in Lexington. Take the west bound exit. 430 Bedford Street is on the left in Lexington Office Park just before the Denny's restaurant but you can't make a left here so you have to go to the turn-around a little further up the road. Information about future meetings will be available on the Software Quality Page at http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver. To be on the email distribution list, send a note to pustaver@swquality.com. The Software Quality Group is cosponsored by the ASQ Software Division and all are welcome. Directors of the Software Quality Group are John Pustaver, Region I Councilor, American Society for Quality Software Division and Bill Nicholson, Waterfield Technology Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Software Quality Consulting voice:978-443-4254 fax:978-443-6052 pustaver@swquality.com http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver