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Mk II Function Point Analysis (FPA)

Posted on 22 Mar 2005 by Steven Thomas

I wanted a summary of the function point counting process as the various manuals and books tended to be overly fulsome.

The effort involved in a count typically takes 0.2% – 0.4% of the total project effort for a new large development project (UKSMA, 1998).
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Posted in Historical | Tagged estimating

An Agile Comparison

Posted on 19 Apr 2002 by Steven Thomas

This is an article I wrote some years ago when I was trying to get my head around “What is Agile?” and “What is the difference between the different methods?”. It is a bit dated now but I’ve kept it on the website as the third question “Is Agile good Project Management?” is still what I’m concerned about.

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Posted in Historical | Tagged agile, estimating, heartbeat, project management, scrum, xp

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