BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anguilla X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3783271:Event:33711 DTSTAMP:20260501T020607Z SUMMARY:Function Points for March 2014 DESCRIPTION:MEETING is postponed from January to March 18th due to the snow\nTopic is Function Points (for both Beginners and Advanced Coder s)\n \nThomas Cagley of David Consulting will be speaking to us on wh at Function Point Analysis is, and why we should or should not be usi ng it.\n \nFirst, “Quantitative sizing” is where multiple decompo sition techniques used in Function Point Analysis can create objective , quantifiable data for the business and for our functional requiremen ts which ultimately becomes software source code.\n \nThe ability to accurately size software is a critical aspect of managing a successful project delivery. Employing an accurate sizing mechanism has a direct impact on how you utilize resources and manage budgets.  It offers r etrospective information about past performance, as well as providing insight into future performance. Additionally, accurate sizing allows you to effectively manage requirements definition and scope.\n \nThe use of software size has been a lightning rod in Agile, Waterfall, Ite rative or even Water Fountain practices.  And this has become an area where hybridization has always occurred.\n \nOrganizations adjust te chniques to fit governance structures, culture and risk profiles. Ther e is no one-size-fits-all solution.\n \nThis presentation will provid e and an overview of IFPUG Function Points and will provide a path for incorporating the use of function points into agile and lean framewor ks. Thomas Cagley will suggest that functional metrics provides a path for incorporating the best practices of robust software sizing along with collaborative techniques which increases standardization without ignoring the principles of the Agile Manifesto.\n \nThe term “Agile ” has come to mean many things to many people. The definitions and c onnotations range from how work is organized within a project - to a d escription of the speed at which work is completed – and even to rad ical rethinking of organizational culture.\n \nRegardless of how you define Agile, we must all agree that agile methods are now maturing. P art of the process of maturing is to incorporate best practices from o ther methods and frameworks when creating our useful hybrids.\n \nSo now those on the fringe are influencing the center and the center is i nfluencing the fringe. The hybrid approach is at once better than any of the absolutes - - and threatening to those who believe in absolutes .\n \n -================================- \nMeeting will be at eBa y Enterprise (formerly GSI Commerce)  in King of Prussia\n \nFor dir ections, see the page Events > Directions to Meetings\n\nFor more info rmation visit http://www.agilephilly.com/events/function-points DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20140318T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20140318T203000 CATEGORIES:meeting, function, points, cagley LOCATION:eBay Enterprise (formerly GSI Commerce) WEBSITE:https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=935+Firs t+Avenue,+King+of+Prussia,+PA&hl=en&ll=40.09347,-75.404491&spn=0.01845 ,0.041199&sll=40.09347,-75.392132&sspn=0.01845,0.041199&geocode=FUHEYw IdsF2B-w%3BFWrJYwIdDGiB-ym9yFctOZTGiTHlMq4eHdQVLw&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=15 &t=m&z=15 URL:https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=935+First+Av 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