Building an application isn't much different than building a
house. For both, understanding size is critical to setting
realistic expectations on schedule and cost.
Software development is a complex and often costly process. The
impact on the business of poor estimates of effort, schedule, and
cost is easy to appreciate. Poor prediction of project outcomes
will impact the business bottom line in a number of ways:
- Cost overruns can mean that the business case for the project
is invalidated
- Missing delivery dates can mean losing business
- Resources allocated to a failing project can mean lost
opportunity for progressing other projects
- Cancellation of a project usually means money spent for
software that does not deliver anticipated business value
Function Point Analysis provided an accurate timeline, enabling
the project to reach
its delivery date even with changes mid-stream. Function Points
exposed the product at a
really granular level, which gave the business unit the ability to
understand what they're asking for."
-- Tony Ray, Dollar
Thrifty Director of Internet Marketing Technology &
Operations.
The best way to avoid less than optimal project outcomes is to
base estimates on methods that are verifiable and defensible. To
this end, our preferred methodology, called the Nimble
Method℠, uses Function Point Analysis. Function Point
Analysis is an ISO-approved method that enables the accurate
identification and itemization of system components that can be
verified and defended at any point during a project.
Read more about Function Point
Analysis.
Key benefits of Function Point Analysis:
- Accurate project size and cost are understood early in the
project (and these numbers don't change unless scope does)
- Project is broken into "user identifiable" components, making
it easy for anyone - even those without technical background - to
understand
- We can make course changes or corrections while the project is
in progress, without losing momentum
- Detailed metrics allow us to discuss, in real time, how we're
doing against any particular deliverable during all phases of a
project
Download sample Scope Matrix [28KB]
Download sample Delivery Rate
Report [22KB]
For more information about how StoneHenge Partners can help you
ensure your projects are delivered successfully, call or email us
today.