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18 May 2012

In its 22nd year, UKSMA, the United Kingdom Software Metrics Association
hosts their conference with
COSMIC, the Common Software Measurement International Consortium
with the support of
Unicom Seminars Ltd
International Conference on Software Metrics and Estimating
to be held in London, 27th/28th October 2011

Venue: The Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road (adjacent to Victoria Station)

Conference Programme


Day 1: Thursday 27th October

08:30 Registration, Coffee
09:00 Welcome from Conference
Chairs:
Rosemary Hewett (UKSMA) and Charles Symons (COSMIC)
09:15 Keynote 1:
Martin Shepperd, Brunel University, UK & Carolyn Mair, Southampton Solent University, UK

‘Meta-cognition, Confidence and Bias in Software Estimating'
10:15 Coffee
09:15 Keynote 2: Charles Symons, COSMIC, UK
‘Accounting for Non-Functional Requirements in Productivity Measurement, Benchmarking & Estimating’
10:45 Stream 1
Theme: General Measurement
Chair:
Alain Abran
Stream 2
Theme: Measurement Analysis
Chair:
Kristina Masuwa-Morgan
11:25 Luca Santillo, Agile Metrics, Italy
‘Towards a Sound Adoption of Measurement and Metrology in Software Engineering’
Alan Cameron, David Consulting, UK
‘Here and now or the Value Tetrahedron?’
12:05 Gokcen Yilmaz, Mid-East Technical University, Turkey
‘The Effect of the Quality of Software Requirements Document on the Functional Size Measurement’
Shekoufeh Kohlahdouz-Rahimi, Kings College, London
‘Goal-Oriented Measurement: Comprehensibility of Model Transformations’
12:45 Lunch
  Stream 3
Theme: Functional Size Measurement
Chair:
Peter Fagg
Stream 4
Theme: Estimating
Chair:
Mike Eagles
13:45 Roberto Meli, Data Processing Organization, Italy
‘Simple Function Points’
Frank Vogelezang, Ordina, Netherlands
‘Estimating and pricing of software services’
14:25 Cigdem Gencel, Blekinge University, Sweden
‘Do we really need to choose one Functional Size Measurement Method?’
Clifford Shelley, Oxford Software Engineering, UK
‘Software Development Analytics’
15:05 Hassan Soubra, Renault, France
‘Applying an assessment protocol to the COSMIC automation prototype tool at Renault SAS’
Simon Wright, Symtech, UK
‘Coping with Asymmetry: Some Pitfalls of Three Point Estimation and How to Avoid Them’
15:45 Tea
16:15 Sponsor Session*
Chair:
Alec McCutcheon
Opportunity for each conference Sponsor to say a few words about their services.
16:30 Keynote 3: Vince Groome, Director of IT Solutions, HM Revenue & Customs', UK
'HMRC: Achieving Better for Less'
Chair:
Charles Symons
17:30 Day 1 Wrap-up

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Day 2: Friday 28th October

08:30 Registration, Coffee
09:00 Keynote 4: Alain Abran, Ēcole de technologie supérieure, Université de Québec, Canada
’Automating Functional Size Measurement – a Survey '
Chair: Charles Symons
10:00 Coffee
  Stream 5
Theme: Quality
Chair:
Carol Buttle  
Stream 6
Theme: Estimating & Agile Projects
Chair:
Luca Santillo
10:30 Peter Thomas, Steria, UK
‘Defect Density and Project Profiling’
Frank Vogelezang/Burmann, Ordina, Netherlands
‘Estimating Application Management'
11:10 Brian Wells, Experimentus, UK
‘Successful Measurement of Test Process Improvement’
Thomas Fehlmann, Euro Project Office, Switzerland
‘Measuring and Estimating Ongoing Agile Projects in Real-Time’
11:50 Eric Seufert, Digital Chocolate, Estonia
‘Synthesizing Software Quality Metrics for Executive Operations Reviews’
Grant Rule, Software Measurement Services, UK
‘Predictable Pricing for Agile Development’
[Paper presented by Chris Woodward]
12:30 Lunch
  Stream 7
Theme: Measurement Programmes
Chair:
Grant Bayne
Stream 8
Theme: Estimating/Benchmarking
Chair:
Mike Eagles
13:30 Erika Vintan, Bank of Montreal, Canada
‘Measurements Stories from the Trenches’
Mina Nabi, Mid-East Tech. University, Turkey
‘Comparison of Software Benchmarking Repositories from Effort Prediction Perspective’
14:10 Carl Bideau, Capgemini, UK
‘Application development Productivity Measurement - some  Concepts & Considerations’
Ton Dekkers, Galorath, UK/Netherlands
‘Software Estimation Maturity’
14:50 Tea
15:20 Panel Session (Rosemary Hewett (Chair), Charles Symons, Alain Abran et al)
A panel of keynote and other speakers will invite questions and topics for discussion. Your chance to engage with the experts
16:20 Conference Wrap-up (Rosemary Hewett and Charles Symons)
16:30 Close


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