Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 11:32:56 -0500 From: Daniel Forrest Allen Subject: Boston SPIN - January Meeting Announcement Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) Meeting Announcement Topic: How to Estimate Software Size Using Requirements Sizing Speaker: John Abbott, Consultant When: Tuesday, January 18, 2000. 6:30pm-8:30pm 6:30-7:00 Networking and Round Tables 7:00-7:10 Announcements 7:10-8:10 John Abbott, "How to Estimate Software Size Using Requirements Sizing" 8:10-8:30 Questions and Answers Who: Everyone (Academia, Government, Industry) Location: General Dynamics, 77 "A" St., Needham MA. Info: See our web page, http://www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN For SPIN info, contact Johanna Rothman, 781-641-4046, or jr@jrothman.com Abstract: How to Estimate Software Size Using Requirements Sizing It's hard enough in most situations to define a project's requirements, never mind estimate the product size. Some projects have been successful estimating size with lines of code, function points, or testable requirements. But, many more projects still struggle with both the concept and the practice of size estimating. John will discuss requirements sizing within a project context: the relationship between requirements size and total effort, using requirements size to track project progress, dealing with requirements added by the customer during the project, and other requirements issues. Attendees will get first-hand experience of this technique by participating in a simulated requirements sizing session. About the Speaker: John J. Abbott is an independent consultant. He was most recently Director of Software Process Improvement at John Hancock. He has 20 years of experience in software development organizations, including more than 10 years doing process improvement. He has led several ISO 9001 and SEI CMM based process improvement initiatives. He has published a number of articles and presented at several conferences, including the 1997 SEPG and the 1999 Conference on Software Quality. John is the author of UNIX for Commercial Use. About Roundtables: Roundtables are focused group or "birds-of-a-feather" discussions, with a facilitator, to stimulate and moderate discussion. Roundtables are held during the Networking portion of the SPIN meeting. See our web page, http://www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN to see which topics are selected for this SPIN meeting. Directions: From Route 128 in Needham, take exit 19A onto Highland Avenue East. Take your first right by the Ground Round and take your second left onto "A" Street. General Dynamics is the last building on the right. Enter the parking lot by the General Dynamics sign and come into the building by the cafeteria entrance, which is located to the left of the main entrance. There will be a security guard at the entrance. . See http://www.gd-cs.com/needham.html for directions. Cancellations (including weather cancellations): We will notify the membership via email to the SPIN distribution list by 3pm, post the notice on the SPIN web page, and announce the cancellation on Channel 7 TV and radio, WRKO AM 680. SPIN Sponsors: General Dynamics Communications Systems, Needham, MA, http://www.gd-cs.com/needham.html Raytheon Corp., Lexington, MA, http://www.raytheon.com We thank the Computer Science department of UMass-Lowell for providing support and hosting our web page.