UKSMA Conference on Software Measurement Monday 15th October The Union Jack Club, Waterloo, London   Morning Afternoon Benchmarking Goal-Directed Measurement Practical Application of COSMIC-FFP Principles and Practice of Software Measurement   Whole Day Practical Project Management Metrics Tom Gilb Introduction to IFPUG Function Point Analysis Mick Burn-Murdoch - Lalcrest Whole Day Tutorials Practical Project Management Metrics Tom Gilb Introducing some practical templates and principles for the quantified control of requirements, design, and project results for real stakeholders. The theory and the practice, using the 'Evo' process for project management, and the 'Planguage' planning language for expressing the metrics. Based on Tom Gilb's wide experience in the field, this tutorial introduces a framework for controlling projects and reporting the results in terms that the Stakeholders understand. Tom is the keynote speaker at the UKSMA conference and has kindly offered to present this tutorial, giving a more in-depth coverage of his topic. Introduction to IFPUG Function Point Analysis Mick Burn-Murdoch - Lalcrest Ltd Software organisations in all industries suffer from the inability to effectively estimate software projects, control software projects and objectively assess the software production and support processes and environment. These are critical capabilities essential to the business of managing a dynamic Information Technology environment. Function Point Analysis has now been developed into an ISO standard. The technique has proved itself as an effective mechanism to provide the quantified basis on which such assessments and analyses can be made. Function Point Analysis is simple enough to minimise the overhead of the measurement process. It can provide a consistent measure across many projects and organisations. This training course will give attendees a good grounding in the technique and a thirst for further experience.   Half Day Tutorials Morning Afternoon     Benchmarking Grant Bayne Gartner Goial Directed Measurement A systematic approach that will satisfy the M&A Process Area of CMMI Dr Tony Rollo Software Measurement Services Organisations performing or considering benchmarking need to understand what is involved and how they should prepare.  What needs to be in place before embarking on a benchmarking exercise? Gartner has observed how many organisations have approached benchmarking.  Some organisations have been successful and some have failed. What lessons can be learned from these experiences, good and bad?    This tutorial will describe the various types of benchmarking that have been performed. Common metrics are examined. Preparation for benchmarking will be discussed along with critical success factors.  Execution of a benchmarking exercise will be explained including key benchmarking concepts and benchmarking best practices. Post benchmark activities are important too and will be covered.  The tutorial aims to be interactive with plenty of opportunity for audience participation!   This tutorial shows you how to identify and define software measures to support your own organisation's business goals. The process illustrated produces measures that provide insights into the management issues that are most important to you. These measures are traceable back to your business goals, so that your data-collection activities are better able to stay focused on their intended objectives. This process is called goal-driven measurement. In goal-driven measurement, the primary question is not "What metrics should I use?", but "What do I want to know or learn?" [Rombach 89]. Because the answers depend on your goals, no fixed set of measures is universally appropriate. So instead of attempting to develop generic, all-purpose lists of questionably useful measures, this tutorial outlines an adaptable process that teams and individuals can use to identify and define measures that provide insights into their own management issues. The intended audiences are program managers, project managers, process managers, process improvement teams and measurement teams. If you are among the people who manage, measure, or improve software activities, this tutorial can help you. Included in the tutorial will be electronic copies of the SEI's handbook on goal driven measurement, as well as delegate's handouts     Practical Application of COSMIC-FFP Peter Fagg Pentad Ltd Principles and Practice of Software Measurement Clifford Shelly Oxford Software Engineering The COmmon Software Measurement International Consortium has developed COSMIC FFP, the next generation of software functional sizing measurement. COSMIC is already accepted as a standard, ISO 19761. This class starts with a brief overview of the technique and the steps involved in the measurement process. The main body of the class will concentrate on how each step is performed, and the techniques involved, particularly addressing questions from participants.  The scope includes examples from both real time and MIS software domains. The tutor for this class is Peter Fagg, a member of the COSMIC Core Team and a member of  the COSMIC Measurement Practices Committee in addition to being a member of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 WG12, the Working Group responsible for the Functional Size Measurement Standardisation. 30 years use of measurement by the software industry has given us a body of knowledge that enables us to understand and use measurement effectively, and yet we cannot claim that our measures are as good as they could be. This tutorial shows how to make the most of the software industry's measurement 'know how' by identifying the fundamental principles of software measurement and demonstrating how to use them with a selection of tools and techniques to provide useful 'industrial strength' measurement data. Participants will come away from this tutorial with a sound knowledge of how to design, validate and use software measures and data to meet their information needs. Download the Tutorial Schedule   PLUS Demonstrations of tools to help you with metrics collection and Function Point Counting!!   Why not stay over and join us for our conference on Tuesday 16th October!