Book now for the Next UKSMA
metrics workshop/tutorials to be hosted in collaboration with Canterbury Christ Church University at Salomons, Tunbridge, KentUKSMA Conference November 2012 Call for papers now out
18 May 2012
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Book now for the Next UKSMA
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Welcome to the United Kingdom Software Metrics Association (UKSMA)UKSMA is a not-for-profit user group designed to
promote and improve the use of software measurement and sizing.
To encourage, promote and improve software measurement and metrics practices
within the software community. · Providing a forum for the exchange of software measurement and analysis ideas · Collaborating with other software metrics organisations · Arranging conferences, tutorials, discussion forums and special interest groups · Promotion of advances in software measurement and analysis · Supporting the development of software metrics standards and certifications.
Membership of UKSMA is free. Membership details and registration access can be found on the MEMBERS page. There are two classes of membership: Associate (free) and Full membership (awarded by a board). The board (alias Management Committee) is elected by Full members and has responsibility for managing UKSMA activities. UKSMA is the Design Authority for the MkII Function Point Analysis functional sizing method.
Functional Size Measurement Methods/a>Functional Size Measurement is the approach to quantifying Software in terms of the functionality it delivers to its users independently of the technical and quality aspects of its delivery. It provides a method of normalising measures of Productivity, Speed of Delivery, Quality etc. by providing a common measure of what is delivered which can be used to calculate unit values.The Base Functional Components that are measured are expressed in terms that people from all backgrounds understand, particularly the business users (or purchasers) of the software. A well-documented measurement provides a valuable resource in the management of the software during its full lifecycle. The methods supported by UKSMA aim to conform to the International Standard 14143-1:1998 which defines the characteristics of FSM methods. All these methods are well on the way to becoming international standards in their own right. UKSMA has supported this work by part-financing participation in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 WG12, the international working group that meets twice per year, and works in the interim via email on the standardisation of FSM Methods and practices. Members of UKSMA have participated in the development of all these methods, participating in the Counting Practices Committee of IFPUG, the Core Development Team for COSMIC-FFP, and through UKSMA’s Metrics Practices Committee, management of the MkII method for which it is the controlling body. |
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