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1. c ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesesneeeeeeeeees 145 Overview of New SCOPE 1 9 Features cccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesneeeeeeeeees 147 Moving from FPW to SCOPE igo ccccictocctvcetiecerantncutncutnatidetnouboeutiocebitatvassoantvencbdetiabies 151 Background of Comparison of SCOPE and FPW cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 151 Summary Gap Analysis SCOPE 4 0 and FPW7 cececcceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeees 152 Detailed Comparison SCOPE 4 0 and FPW7 cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 155 1 SCOPE maintains the Integrity of the Count Repository eee 155 2 SCOPE maintains ISBSG Compliant Metrics Repository for online Benchmarking and Trends Rep Oring iasiccccencisincswcuientdenavexacaivenssteuacencbiverersesiee 158 3 SCOPE maintains the Security and Confidentiality of the Data 158 4 SCOPE reduces risk of database COrruUptiOn eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 159 5 SCOPE provides the evidence for Project Managers to charge for Rework 159 6 SCOPE makes it easy to upgrade from other tOOlS ccceeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeees 160 7 SCOPE can be used by NOVICES cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesesnneeaeeeeeeees 161 8 SCOPE is more cost effective when recording COUNTS eeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 161 9 SCOPE is more cost effective when Maintaining and Auditing Counts 163 10 SCOPE facilitates more Accurate and Consist
2. i C Range RETs Range i L Data Elements cross boundary not c S e 1 C25 C55 Technical Files Not Counted Suns ki Derived Display Links To Function Points Multiplier Multiplied FP Functions Notes Attributes F 1 F Assign Contractor to Assignment a Contractor Details with Total Hours worked Report g Create Assignment Create Assignment Types Nelete ssinnment Tines Session Impact 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Emple Enhancement Type C Add C Change C Delete No Impact Calculate FF Size Release Baseline Release Impacted C Release Reworked C Count Session Impacted Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 19 UFPs Total 25 UFPs faa L This tree represents the data storage and data retrieval functionality of your software application Functional size derived from the data tree is based on the type of Data Group and the combined effect of the number of Record Element Types RETs and Data Element Types DETs it contains Where a e RET is a unique user recognisable sub group of DETs within a data group e DET is a unique user recognisable field The data tree is the only tree with Four types of nodes instead of two The Four node types are e Data Group Folder is the parent level 1 node that can exist by itself i e without any nested child nodes or can optionally contain a collection of Data Groups or DETs but not a mixture of both E g CRM System Reference Copyr
3. ccccceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennneeeeeeeees 32 Function Tree Insert Template Function Group cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 33 Data Tree Insert Template Function Group cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 34 Documenting your Count is2csccoccccsnsnenaasdastoonnonoideentaneeanioadedonndadndadedabioenediaiteaad e 36 Detailed Analysis and Tracking using Notes and Attributes cccccccececseeeeeeeees 36 How are Attributes different to NOteS c ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 38 Linking SOG sess csstersastactie tad edbesbasctadalt ch sidtiat ash ietad ied lhssthns Noelia udbsieacacics Nee ses cineee 40 Recording the Relationships between Functions and Data ccccccccceeeeeeeeeeees 44 The Notes TOC sons cceccnesccasin ca enctetedcnnsies eg ened even enedenedenaden ap cinta etenndededenecsdeseneteneveneceueies 47 Viewing Linked Processes Data Notes and Attributes sssssesseeeeeeeeeeees 48 Finalising your Count cccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeneees 49 Set up a New Application 0 cece ceceeeeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeess 49 Excluding Counts from Baseline Update ccccceccieeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennneeeeeeeeeeeeeees 50 Updating Baseline Count cccccccceeeeeeeeneeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeesecaaaeeeeeeeeeeeenees 51 Set
4. gt Data Communications Distributed Processing E Performance f The data and control information used in the application are Heavily Used Configuration sent or received over communication facilities Devices Transaction Rates connected locally to the control unit are considered to use On line Data Entry n communication facilities Protocol is a set of conventions that Design for End user Efficiency permit the transfer or exchange of information between two On line Update systems or devices All data communication links require Complex Processing some type of protocol Reusability Installation E y Rating Rating Description 0 Application is more than a front end but supports only one type of TP communications 1 2 3 5 V Rated Notes WwW based application requires data communication VAF fi 10 Cancel Managing the SCOPE Database Export to SPR KnowledgePLAN CSV SCOPE exports a summary of the currently selected Release or Count Session s Functional Size Results and Value Adjustment factor into a CSV format compatible for import into SPR KnowledgePLAN Open the selected Release or Count Session you want to estimate in KnowledgePLAN and select Export to SPR KnowledgePLAN under Edit Export SCOPE prompts the user to name the file and the directory to save the Exported CSV file format Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 75 SCOPE 4 0 Help Us
5. Delete ASSIGNMENT LOCATION DETAILS D Work Tasks TMS App s View ASSIGNMENT LOCATION DETAILS A MICU HISTORY COMMENTS LOG Browne ASSIGNMENT LOCATION OCTARS JES Report ASSONMENT LOCATION DETAILS P ASSIGNMENT CONFERENCE VENUE DOETARS A Marneje ASSONMENT CONFERENCE VENUE DETAILS ja gt Dst Blernerts cross boondary not sored b Techical files Not Courted e Aan Osp r O O peo ere eee homot ee Cot Dero hpna i _ hoJ Oates IUA lots DuA aa gr pron m Fo 8 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 35 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Documenting your Count Detailed Analysis and Tracking using Notes and Attributes a Y Profiling and Filtering Counts Filters and Flags If you need to further document the functionality of your software then you can create Notes and then link the Notes to one or many nodes on the other trees You can selectively report on all Process and Data nodes linked to a particular Note or group of Notes see Flags and Filters Functionality can be selectively reported based on its characteristics You can set up any number of types of characteristics or Attributes on which you would like to profile the software Once you have created a Note or an Attribute they can be linked to any node on any other Tree but their own Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 36 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managi
6. SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE SCOPE imports all the detailed count data from all current versions of FPW so you can upgrade to using SCOPE in minutes and continue counting without any loss of historical data SCOPE has been implemented in major corporations in over 17 countries to become today s function point counting tool of choice for people who are serious about counting Join all the other previous FPW users and upgrade to SCOPE today Ask us about our discounts for previous FPW Licensed users Total Metrics will be pleased to assist you in building your business case to upgrade to SCOPE Please contact us at admin totalmetrics com Summary Gap Analysis SCOPE 4 0 and FPW7 SCOPE S FEATURE SCOPE BENEFITS OF SCOPE Modern familiar interface Interface designed for and Windows Icons means Windows 7 by Microsoft minimal training required to Partner to work like MS learn all SCOPE features Explorer Selectable multilingual interface includes all SCOPE is available in 10 screens messages and Languages English reports Japanese German Chinese Korean Portuguese Dutch Spanish Italian French Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 152 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 ISBSG compliant Metrics Repository allowing user to record all Effort Defect Environment Attributes for trends analysis and benchmarking SCOPE CONNECT uses semantic web
7. 2011 12 Overview SCOPE Features What is SCOPE SCOPE is a software Project Management Software Metrics Repository and Functional Size Measurement tool that supports the IFPUG 4 3 Function Point Analysis FPA methodology and ISBSG Metrics recording and Benchmarking It is a powerful combination of easy to use features and comprehensive functionality SCOPE makes it easy to measure the Functional Size of software applications and software projects SCOPE enables logical groups of Functions and Processes to be visually mapped out as nodes on a hierarchical tree providing a detailed view of a project s functionality and the relative size of each functional area This capability to expand or collapse functional branches allows you to see as little or as much detail on one screen as you wish e You can find out the size of any functional area within an application by clicking on a branch node and checking the Function Point count in the status bar e You can quickly and easily gain an overview of an application s functionality by expanding or collapsing the relevant part of the tree If you need to measure the Functional Size of an existing software application or project then SCOPE allows you to simply record the type and complexity of Processes and Data Groups and calculate the functional size Simple FPA counts like these may be all that is required but SCOPE is designed to do much more towards providing an audit trail
8. 5 New User Interface SCOPE has modernised its user interface e Industry Windows 7 standard icons replace control buttons for all basic functions e Additional shortcuts for Application List Project List and Benchmark Metrics screens e All screens enable basic functions e g Save Search Move up down Copy Paste e Benchmark Metrics Module enables multi select of Tree nodes for all operations e Hierarchy screens have Zoom In Out for customised visibility 6 Other Features e Snapshot and Export whole Applications with their all Releases and Counts for import into to a new or existing database e Cut and paste nodes and change tree sequence position of any node on the Applications List Project List or Benchmark Metrics trees using arrow icons to move nodes up or down e Assign Enhancement Types from either LHS or RHS tree e Optimised speed for SCOPE functions Complex functions import and convert database now have a status bar to report progress Overview of New SCOPE 3 0 Features 1 SCOPE 3 0 has Flexible License Options Single User or Multi user Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 137 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope SCOPE 3 0 Corporate is the new multi user license type designed for large organisations that require concurrent access by multiple users to a SCOPE database It enables storage of all your function point counts in a central repository that can be
9. How does FP Outline work FP Outline uses a series of algorithms derived from thousands of projects and applications counted over the last 14 years by IFPUG certified counters The algorithms are based on over 40 relationships derived between known project and application attributes and the measured functional size Many of these relationships are between the physical aspects of the project that are easily measured and the logical functional size All you have to be able to provide is data on the physical measures which in most cases are easy to collect and then FP Outline does the rest For example there is a very predictive relationship between the number of pages of a functional specification and the function point count for a project This makes Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 203 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size sense when you consider the more functionality delivered by the project the more pages of specification Just count the pages of specification This is just one relationship that forms the basis for the 20 questions asked by FP Outline to predict the size of your project or application FP Outline reports the approximate size in function points with an appraisal of the level of confidence that FP Outline had in determining the answer The accuracy of the predicted size will depend on which questions you answer and the accuracy t
10. SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE data of other business areas private and only accessible to the Repository Manager in the master database e Secure Commercially sensitive projects can be counted offline and only if and when they are approved for public knowledge then they can be merged back into the current baseline Comparison to FPW e FPW has no ability to automatically synchronise and then merge counts done offline as a result counts have to be manually re applied once approved e FPW can only apply security at the database access level and does not allow for segregation of the database and later synchronisation 4 SCOPE reduces risk of database corruption SCOPE databases are easily identified and saved as a single FPA file that is Microsoft ACCESS compatible Users can use Microsoft ACCESS to customise and create their own SCOPE reports Comparison to FPW FPW saves to a Paradox database of gt 40 individual files All of these files need to be copied and transferred whenever a count database is transferred to another medium or directory using MS Explorer This creates an issue if for some reason the transfer of just one of the tables fails then the whole database is corrupted and irretrievable 5 SCOPE provides the evidence for Project Managers to charge for Rework SCOPE enables multiple counts to be performed on the same functional model throughout the development lif
11. SCOPE also allows flexibility with how and when you apply your counts to the baseline e g e Cancelled Projects If a change request is already counted on the baseline but the project was not approved then the cancelled Count Session can be deleted in a key stroke All impacts from the count session are removed and the integrity of the Release is retained All other counts recorded on the same baseline will not be affected even if they made changes to the same elementary processes or data groups Postponed Projects If a change request needs to be counted but will not be implemented in the current Release then it can be counted on the current Release baseline and selectively held over and not incorporated into to the Production baseline when it is updated However it is automatically retained in the baseline count used for counting and kept up to date until a decision is made to re instate it or get rid of it This saves having to recount at a later date and the count in the meantime has been maintained such that it will reflect the latest complexity status and the links between processes or data groups in its SCOPE e Conversion Projects If a change request is not to be recorded in the Production count This would occur for changes to the functionality required to be recorded at Project level but not to be implemented into the production version of an application e g conversion functionality The size of the
12. Value Adjustment Factor This represents the quality and technical features of the application delivered to the user Whereas functions on the hierarchy represent what the user can do with the software the features represent how these functions are implemented and how well they operate The Value Adjustment Factor VAF is calculated from the General Systems Characteristics Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 242 Index A A PrOCESS vincictircacuceinnpeicitnautecucuenciicanbe 56 ACCESS rrecn 235 Access TYPO cccccceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeees 4 ACCESS XP runtime 0 235 Adjusted Function Point Counrt 188 Adjusted Function Points 24 Adjustment Factor cccccceeeeees 75 PG ee 188 All Counts for a Release 93 Allocating Testing Resources 226 ALT ernie eee rece erin meer arene 118 PUNE acaeiectcievescenelecsabsacbesciabtensticiwens 118 PUES ee 118 AR S eeen chusctaiestalatanastncixsnaentisctaas 118 ARFA osie aei eaei 118 PUNE E 118 AWH S sieneen 118 Alt Ins Shift 0 ccccceeeseeeeseeeees 118 Annotating ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 111 Application Baseline Size 99 Application Function Point Count 93 approximate size oo eee 200 As Displayed eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 107 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Asset Valuation cccceceeee 220
13. changed and deleted for all Count Sessions Count Session Size of all Selects all Enhancement Impact functionality impacted Project Function impacted by the added Point Count for currently changed and a single Change selected deleted by the Request Change currently Request selected Count Session Linked Tree List Reports Linked List SCOPE Nodes IFPUG Included Terminology Report Name Reports the Attribute Data Selects all Not Available relationship of Nodes currently the Links Attribute Note linked If between each of Flagged Nodes the four Trees Attribute Function or From Current Position is Data Attribute selected then those nodes Data Notes are also included Data Function Notes Attribute Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 97 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Notes Data Notes Function Function Attribute Function Data Function Notes Detail Reports for Processes and Data Groups Process and Data SCOPE Measures Processes and IFPUG Detail Reports Data Included Terminology Report Name Report the Process Detailed Selects all Not Available Functional Size Detail description of Processes and details of each Report each individual all data groups selected individual Process or Data for the Release Process or Data Group and their Group It also lists Linked Notes the names of all the Data Group Attributes Linked nodes Detail Attributes and Report Notes Re
14. Any further adjustment is not recommended Previous versions of the IFPUG Methodology had a final step is to adjust this count for quality and technical characteristics by using the value adjustment factor range 0 65 1 35 for the Adjusted Function Point Count This step is now an optional add on for IFPUG and not recommended What is Function Point Analysis FPA FPA was originally developed by Allan Albrecht in the late 1970s at IBM and has been further developed by the International Function Point Users Group IFPUG FPA provides a set of rules to functionally size the software work product This work product is the output of software new development and enhancement projects for subsequent releases It is the software which is migrated to the production application at project implementation Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 190 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Function Point Analysis FPA is a method of Functional Size Measurement It assesses the functionality delivered to its users based on the user s external view of the functional requirements It measures the logical view of an application as compared to measuring the physically implemented view or the internal technical view FPA measures these functional requirements in terms of the e Business transactions Processes e g Enquire on Customer Record that the user can perform using the softwa
15. Data Nodes 10fps is Flagged then the reported Flagged count displayed in the Status Bar will be E g Functions 100 16 UFPs Data 25 10 UFPs Total 125 26 UFPs SCOPE Reports of Functional Size SCOPE reports the functional size in 4 different ways which can be selected at the time of reporting 1 Release Baseline Functional Size Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 103 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting 2 Release Impacted Functional Size 3 Release Reworked Functional Size 4 Count Session Impacted Functional Size For more information refer SCOPE Types of Functional Size Reporting Flags and Filters Profiling and Filtering Counts Filters and Flags Flagging Nodes on the trees allows SCOPE to selectively report only on those nodes currently Flagged by using the Select Flagged Nodes option when reporting This gives tremendous capability to the User to customize the reports to only list those nodes that are required Nodes can be manually Flagged Highlight the Node and select Flag Toggle or ALT F or select the WFiag Icon on the menu the most common way of assigning Flags is to have SCOPE report on a particular selection criteria and SCOPE will Flag the nodes that satisfy the filters requirements Using Flags SCOPE allows you to filter your function point count to selectively report the size This filtering is performed by selecting Filter Mode from the buttons o
16. ILFs and EIFs into Data Group Folders for cataloguing purposes e record the of Record Element Types lt JRET for each Data Group e record each individual Data Element Types DET for each RET This hierarchical model aids in Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 183 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE e more easily understood documentation of your count e faster counting when you need to quickly find a particular Data Group e enabling you to document any Tables in your application that have been excluded from being counted because they are physical tables not Logical Data Groups e g create a Folder called Physical Tables and list the Code tables and Technical tables that are part of the application but not counted under IFPUG Rules Then set the multiplier to 0 for these tables Attach a Note to the tables listing the reasons why they have been excluded from the count e enabling you to list DETs that are used by processes and cross the boundary but are not stored on Logical Data Groups These DETs can be linked to the processes that use them and used to automatically derive the size of the Process e g create a Data Group Folder called Transient DETs then record the DETs that cross the boundary but are not stored on an ILF or EIF e g Message DETs Control DETs Totals Derived fields etc Link all DETs to each Process that uses them and select Result Source Derived to have SCOPE a
17. Print Assignment Det oe List Assignments Date range H Assign Contractors to Assignmer H Manage Assignment Types H e Manage Contractors Inquiry r Complexity 3 Result Source Assessment m DETs Ran f alie Manage Skills Count C Delot O p H p Manage Clients Session oo ee a m Je Range FTRs Rang 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Emple Y Enhancement Type C Add Change 5 Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted C Release Reworked Ct Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 19UFPs Total 25 UFPs The impact on a Process or Data Group is recorded by highlighting the node on its tree on the LHS screen and registering the Type of Impact using the radio button on the status bar at the base of the LHS hierarchy The Type of Impact options you have to choose from are Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 64 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e Add e Change Delete e No Impact Any new functions added whilst you are in a Count Session will be automatically allocated an impact type of Add SCOPE displays the tracking of impact type within a Session by highlighting the impacted Process and Data Group Icons with a different colour depending on the impact type allocated Node Icons Impact Type Green Add Orange Change Red Delete Black No Impact To view the name of the
18. The complexity of the Data Group can be derived from these values Level 2 Detailed Linked Count Level 2 Detailed Linked Count Description A detailed linked count includes the following e application boundary is defined e full functional decomposition to transaction level e all files and transactions within SCOPE are uniquely identified e all files and transactions are classified according to type e all files and transactions are accurately categorised according to complexity DETs and FTRs are identified within IFPUG ranges where possible e all related files and transactions are linked aids in assessing impact of change requests e explanatory notes are attached to files and transactions where necessary e count is recorded and reported using the SCOPE Project Sizing Software software repository tool Level 2 Count Attributes Detailed Linked Counts are e very detailed e easily auditable e accurate within the limits of the FPA technique 10 e very well documented e easily maintained Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 196 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Best suited for the following count purposes e benchmarking projects new development and enhancement e detailed estimates e project tracking e as detailed baseline model for future detailed enhancement project counting Issues e time intensive counting rates up to 250 fps per day e rare
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20. workbook Master SCOPE EXCEL Import Template XLS which was installed in the same Directory as SCOPE 2 Save a copy of the workbook under a working directory 3 If you already have your count stored in an EXCEL spreadsheet then you will need to copy it into the Transactions Processes and Files Data Groups spreadsheets in the Master SCOPE EXCEL Import Template Workbook These worksheets have a specific content required for each column You may want to convert your existing spreadsheet data to that required by the Master SCOPE EXCEL Import Template Workbook before copying it Once you believe the data is in the correct format select to copy the data from your count Use the Option Paste Special and select to Paste Values to paste your count data into your working copy of the Master SCOPE EXCEL Import Template Workbook The validation rules in the template will check your data prior to importing it into SCOPE and highlight any errors in your content as Red text If you are pasting text stored in software other than EXCEL e g MS WORD then copy the text into a temporary EXCEL spreadsheet Select to copy the text from the temporary sheet and using the option Paste Special and selecting to Paste Values paste into the Master SCOPE EXCEL Import Template Workbook This ensures that the pasted values are validated prior to importing into SCOPE Check the count spreadsheets Transact
21. 1 compliant functional size Value Adjustment Factor Overview Select Value Adjustment Factor VAF to record the degree of influence a set 14 of quality and technical characteristics General System Characteristics GSCs have on the application The degrees of influence range on a scale of zero being no influence to five being strong influence The types of GSCs are listed together with the IFPUG description Select the appropriate number to rate the GSC and optionally enter a descriptive note to support your choice Any GSC that you have not rated will assume the average rating of 3 If you do not rate any of the GSCs then the default Industry VAF value 1 0 will be used in calculations The VAF is used to calculate the Product Size for the selected release in Adjusted Function Points To Report the Value Adjustment Factor from the main menu choose File Report Selection Description Release Value Adjustment Factor Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 74 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts You can Import and Export the Value Adjustment Factor between Releases within the same SCOPE database or different SCOPE databases See Assessing the Value Adjustment Factor Value Adjustment Factor ce General System Characteristic GSC Description Data Communications describes the degree to which the application communicates directly with the processor
22. 2011 21 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features SCOPE Relationships Applications Releases Projects Counts The following model maps the SCOPE concepts of Applications Projects Releases and Count Sessions to the terms commonly used in Software Development See Also SCOPE Architecture Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 22 Managing your Function Point Counts Start a new Measurement To start your first Function Point count under File select to open a new or an existing SCOPE database file SCOPE will open with the Software Applications List Before starting to actually function point count you need to 1 Set up a New Application 2 Setup a New Release 3 Setup a New Project 4 Set up a new Count Session See also Basic Steps of an FPA Count and Count Using Function and Data Trees If you have an existing counts in o An MS Excel spreadsheets then import the spreadsheet into an existing database see Import Counts from MS Excel o FPW database then select to import it see Import from FPW You may decide to create a new SCOPE database file for each application depending on how you want your Function Point Counters to manage their counts If your applications are very large and you have many of them then we would suggest that you create a SCOPE database file for each Application This avoids contention of multiple counters wanting to access the same SCOPE database file
23. 218 FPA Uses and Benefits after Software Implementation ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 221 FPA Uses and Benefits in Project Construction cccceeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeeees 226 Managing Project Development cccceeeeeeeee cette eeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 226 References and Recommended Reading ceeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeeees 232 ADOURKSCOPE ea een ee ee oe E 235 USS AAO sscties ser acc orn acn tanta A T T T A daca aedets 235 Machine Requirements cicucasuciiacndccadnencasidwensnctcnunenchonentasaduencacienmataeiiacetuctinentensducbine 236 Intended Audience sere cticd osnss ica ctrmacicccamesendsteactidonuesendsesquctdonmeeendsuteemaocteatngeuecadautgaes 236 Versions PS A rican cerca tsi neice ersceseicasdnan ceed dnetadincieiariicininasnldineasecemaionetoas 237 Oy RII NS 2a dara tari ae dates Sacmaundacndtencapmamdanneredecuauseme 237 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 viii SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Flash TutoriallS ccccccccecceeccecceecceccecceeececcaeeauececeaeeceeceeaeeceecaeeseeseeeaueceeeueeaeeeesens 239 GIOS Sa E atmmeaed aera E E 241 E ES AE ERATIS ATASA EE AAEE 243 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 ix SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Start SCOPE 1 Select Windows START Programs SCOPE and double click on SCOPE exe 2 Enter your Contact Name an
24. 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Governance Corporate Governance Board of Directors IT Governance Project Board Project Sponsor IT Project Director Business Project Development Manager Project Manager Project Team The SCOPE Manager provides metrics based project governance We have found Project Governance Scope Manager this approach to be very successful in objectively quantifying key project attributes to enable informed decision making with respect to project estimates and project risk The SCOPE Manager is typically a metrics specialist who has excellent skills in business analysis project estimation and functional size measurement They need to be independent of the project team and not be connected to either the IT developers or the business client They have to be able to report the status of the project objectively without bias to a management level that has the authority to proceed change direction or cancel the project The SCOPE Manager provides a key role in that their reports can provide early warning of project failure In the past it was often not until major project milestones were missed that senior management had an indication that their investment was at risk The following sections describe the role of the SCOPE Manager over the life cycle of the project and how they use metrics as a basis for their recommendations Copyright Total Metrics Pty L
25. 79 Import Export Trees and Parts of Trees 0 eeeeeeesecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesesneeeees 80 Import Counts from MS Excel dics asicincdstinsncnasadscucsmontmrmacueteudonesnaeuarecdeciens 81 Import from FPW All Versions wdccuinecasiencncnensnenenshenecuctcenmencadnendacucnenmectdvendacusncudncns 85 Export Single Snapshot of Count Project Release or Application eceee 86 Auto Save Backup and ReCOVELY cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaaeees 88 Audit Trail of History of Changes to Count cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaees 89 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 iii SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Multi User SCOPE Corporate icicc tates otters ete hepa ete perc ieaancce 90 SCOPE Pe DOMINO ssie a aE AA Era 93 SCOPE Repor Listrinenn a e a a n aar ae E e eles aa Ae aA 93 Types of Functional Size Reporting sssssssseseesssessrrrrrrnesserrrrrnnnnnsserrnnnnnnnnneeeennne 99 1 Release Baseline Functional SiZe cccccccceeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeees 100 2 Release Impacted Functional Size ccceeeeeeeesccceeeeeeeeeeeeseseeeeeeeeees 100 3 Release Reworked Functional Size cceeeeeeeeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 101 4 Count Session Impacted Functional Size cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 101 Reporting the Functional Size in Function POints ccccee
26. Alt Ins Highlight the Data Group and in the Details screen in the opposite window determine the Data Group Type ILF or EIF using User Select Data Group Type then select the complexity Complexity defaults to Low to select the range of RETs and DETs select Range then the appropriate position on the matrix or you can enter the number of RETs and DETS Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 3 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started 14 If you want to list the actual RETs and DETS right click on the Data Group and select to insert 15 If you want to link your processes to the Data Groups they access Select the Function Tree Tab on the top LHS of the screen and the Data Tab on the top RHS of the screen Highlight the Process you want to link then click in the box next to the Data Group name You can also create Notes for your Processes and Data Groups by selecting the Notes tab creating a Note under a Note SET and linking Attributes similar to Key words can also We Attribute Tab 16 The function point count will automatically calculate from any position in the be assigned using the Function tree and displays in the status bar at the bottom of the screen The value displayed will change depending on the position of the cursor on the function tree 17 To see the detailed report select hl Report Icon on the main menu Expand the branch that says Function Point Count Res
27. Application List or select File Project and Application List from the main menu Locate your cursor at the top of the tree on Applications Portfolio and select El to create a new Application Enter the new Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 49 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts software application name and descriptive details Expand the Release trees for your new application name by clicking on the beside the application name Modify Software Application Details Highlight the Application you want to modify Select the Details Eicon to modify its descriptive and metrics details Then Create a New Release and Create a new Count Session in order to start your measurement Excluding Counts from Baseline Update The Count Sessions for a Release can be selectively used rol update the Production Baseline Release If a change request for some reason was not implemented or you do not want the Count to reflect its outcome in the baseline then SCOPE will let you decided how you want it handled Situations when this may occur are when the Count Session was e Not approved and the project did not proceed then the Count Session can be deleted and the integrity of the Release is retained e Not actually implemented but the project is still in progress or is planned to be implemented at some time in the future In this case SCOPE allows you to selectively exclude that Count Session
28. Bee tanel Save the results of your selection Filter Load Complex Label Add to Complex Label Cumulatively Load the results of many selections Save Filter Set Icon Apply Highlight the root node for the Flagged Tree Flag Set Icon Save Flag Set Icon Apply Flags Cumulatively Apply Key Advances of SCOPE over FPW Moving from FPW to SCOPE Trees Process Data Notes and Attributes and save this filter It is not restricted to just the Attributes Tree If you want to see the cumulative result of selecting using a Data Group plus selected Notes plus selected Attributes then save each Flag Set result and then apply them cumulatively SCOPE allows you to save the results of a selection and then re apply them cumulatively Advanced Ease of Use and Time Saving Data Entry Counting Transactions D Counting Logical Files Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 180 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE All features in SCOPE are performed and displayed on the single main screen avoiding the time consuming tasks of navigating through overlapping multiple windows All features and short cuts are typical of those set by Microsoft Windows products The MS Explorer like Trees in SCOPE enables you to intuitively view a significant proportion of the functionality of your software application in a single screen See also how to insert mul
29. Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 144 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope 9 Group Data Groups into Folders on the Data Hierarchy SCOPE enables you to group related Data Groups under a Data Group on the data hierarchy for ease of documentation and understanding For example Folders could be for Accounts or Customer related Data Groups or alternatively a folder for your Reference Files Configuration Files Rule Tables and your External Interface files grouped by the applications where they reside This feature facilitates easier understanding completeness of documentation and easier maintenance of your counts see The Data Tree 10 Reporting Function and Data Type and their size on the Hierarchy Reports SCOPE now also reports the type and size of each process and data group on the hierarchy report At group level it reports the aggregated size of the child nodes This feature enables easier checking of the count completeness and accuracy as all processes and data groups are positioned where they occur in the functional model see SCOPE Report List Overview of New SCOPE 2 1 Features 1 Project Productivity and Size Reporting The Project List is now available as a tab on the Project and Applications List Screen The Project List displays all Projects with their associated Count Sessions and count sizes along with the Project aggregated size If a project s effort is recorded within
30. Count Session Impacted Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 19 UFPs Total 25 UFPs SCOPE enables you to record individual RETs and DETs and their details by inserting child nodes under each Data Group These are only used to calculate complexity when the Derived option is selected For very detailed documented Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 31 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts counts SCOPE allows you to link processes to the DETs that they use This is useful when a DET is impacted by a Change Request SCOPE will highlight all the processes that use that DET If you want to group the details of multiple data groups into one Data Group node then enter the number of data groups in the Multiplier field E g where you know there are 6 Tax Rates Reference Files of low complexity each 7 function points name the Data Group Tax Reference Files and enter 6 into the multiplier The function points calculated for the Data Group are multiplied by 6 to total 42 SCOPE will display the calculated function points for the Data Group at the bottom right of the Detail screen Quick Counting Template Function Groups Often software that is being counted has groups of similar functionality e g groups of similar types of elementary processes for a group of data For example an Employee System would have the following functionality such as e Manage Department Informati
31. Create Assignment Types n Modify Assignment Types Delete Assignment Types gt View Assignment Types ve gt List Assignment Types gp List Contractors for Asignment W Manage Contractors tj Manage Skills E i Manage Clients No Session Enhancement Type C Add C Change Delete t Calculate FF Size Release Baseline C Release Impacted C Release Reworked C Count Session Imp Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 19 UFPs Total 25 UFPs BO Data Elements cross boundary not stored H Technical Files Not Counted Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 42 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts To Quickly Link Process and Data Groups RETs and DETs right click ona Parent node or the Root node either on the Function Tree or the Data Tree and select to Link Set All Read Only or Set All Update SCOPE will link to all Child nodes but will NOT overwrite existing links If you want to change the existing links then select to Clear All then select to Link as Update or Read Only SCOPE Project Sizing Software SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 191 FPA os ile Edit Node Trees View Window Help D a wl J SCOPI DATABAS a Bite 1 3 BASE VER 3 0 191 FPA 7PREIRRAS FRA R CARROTOEREE di Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 5 Manage Asisignments Maintain Assignments i Mod
32. Files Counted all these details can be imported fron a Maintain i nl BA ASSIGNMENT TYPE ET A ASSIGNMENT mp Modify pen A CLIENTS DETAILS View Print Assignment Detail f CONTRACTOR DETAILS i hag List Assignments Date range ca CONTRACTOR SKILLS B FT Assign Contractors to Assignments can SKILLS DETAILS E tiije Manage Assignment Types cl OEA INVOICES n Create Assignment Types z of LQ Work Tasks TMS Application Modify Assignment Types H _ __ Data Elements cross boundary not stored n Delete Assignment Types a g Technical Files Not Counted sn gt View Assignment Types gt List Assignment Types p List Contractors for Asignment Ei a aiaa Contractors H Manage Skills H Manage Clients No Session Enhancement Type C Add C Change Delete t Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted Release Reworked C Count Session Imp Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 19 UFPs Total 25 UFPs If you display two trees at the same time you can e Link anode in one tree with a node or nodes in the other To globally link multiple nodes right click on the parent node and select Link Set All from the pop up menu e Flag selected nodes by using the Filter feature on the top row of buttons and then using the Boolean options on the button menu for your filter or the short cuts Alt1 YES Alt2 OR AIt8 NO AIt4 CLEAR You can also manually flag nodes by selecting the Flag Icon or Alt F
33. Pty Ltd 2003 2011 95 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting impact types for the Nodes The single report includes both the Function Hierarchy and the Data Hierarchy and the FP count summary reports The tables below describe the name content and calculations behind each Report Type Description SCOPE Measures Processes and IFPUG Data Included Terminology Report Name Baseline Reports Report the Net Baseline Size of delivered All delivered Application Functional Size Application application Function Point of a Production Count Release Release Reports Report the Baseline Size of delivered All functionality Development Functional Size Release Release delivered into Project Function of Work in production at Point Count Progress completion of Releases and the Release Other Releases excludes any deleted by a Count Session Release Cumulative size Selects all Not available Rework of functionality impacted worked on by all added Change changed and Requests within deleted this Release functionality for all Count Sessions within this Release Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 96 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Release The size of All functionality Enhancement Impacted unique functions delivered by this Project Function worked on by all Release Point Count for Change Selects all more than one Requests within impacted Change this Release added Request
34. Rae Pence 192 VGN 2 E E E 194 Level BS ciicteree vein te resaetiesetete esate 195 Level 4 siessen saienisi seinieni 196 Level eer eee ee re eee 197 MVS ocsots recs ciactusscinsmcccsitinetoceiee 198 License Registration 0000 235 lifecycle tei tsesicaecinteitaconteisateisodeasiliiotbadat 203 LAA E EE E E AEE 40 Link MOE 2 ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteees 104 Link Projects to Count Sessions 72 Link TYP 2 cccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 33 Linked Tree List Reports 93 Linked Tree Lists eeeeeeeeee 93 LINKS onise iauna 40 List of Applications eeee 4 List of Software Applications 59 lock a Release 15 Lokede 62 M Machine 2 ecccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 236 Machine Requirements 236 Main Screen cccceeeeeeeeeeeeteees 115 Mandatory COIUMN cceeeeee 84 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Index Master SCOPE EXCEL Import Template cccceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeees 84 Master_SCOPE_Excel_Import_Templa DS E E E EE 181 MSP QING iiiicdasceisctenccescdaeddelsadeilen 110 111 Metrics experts eeeeeeeeeees 203 Microsoft ACCESS XP 055 235 Modified oi cssannstesiavsatncivecsaacstsvabaseces 124 MS EXxCel ececccceeeeeeeeeeesesseceeeeeeees 84 MS Office Image Writer 111 Multi Lingual ceee 15 133 Multiplier 02 eceeeeeeeeee
35. Report in that if more than one Count Session impacts a Process or Data Group then the impacted function is only included each time it is impacted in the total size E g if the WIP Release had two Change Requests i e separate Count Sessions that changed a process of 4 function points then the impacted process would contribute 8 i e 4 4 function points to the Release Reworked Functional Size This size measures the total amount of functionality that is worked on during the Release and includes any rework Itis the total aggregated size of the Release and takes into account for the size if a function was impacted by more than one Change Request Many suppliers use this report for billing purposes as it actually reflects the work they were asked to do Note In IFPUG CPM terminology this report would be equivalent to the actual sum of the Enhancement Project Counts for a particular Release of an Application 4 Count Session Impacted Functional Size Reports the size of each Change Request Enhancement Project as a Count Session within a Release Itis the total size of all impacted added changed and deleted processes and data groups for the selected Count Session listed within the Work in Progress Release This size measures the total amount of functionality that is worked on during by the Change Request for the Count Session Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 101 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Re
36. SCOPE Corporate cccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeseneeeieeeeeeess 15 Types Of Hierarchy Trees cccccccccccccccccceeccccececceeececeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseness 16 Using SCOPE to Support FPA co icsctscuirndoarmasisaredotenaundetwerncatmseicinatendstundmdetamss 19 SCOPE TANING Pee a eee ee eee 20 Mapping SCOPE terms to IFPUG and IT Terminolog sseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 20 SCOPE Relationships Applications Releases Projects Counts cccee 22 Managing Your Function Point Counts wiaicccscnacndrnasntnenimnocmaiainedadeuninoeruns 23 Start a new MEAGUNCINGM scchitecnihats iets athatatiiea cite cthaeshttecy ie aneaeiatcants 23 Performing a Function Point COUN etc Sielt ce lp eee feiyd cen baer reey Seay ecey ince raexhehcees 24 Setting p ine Gounl ssis eieaa e ae a a a ae aaa aae iaa iaeiae aat 24 Types of Trees in the SCOPE Model cccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 24 Basic Steps of an FPA COUN wccte icetecs eiienctentecetieneies antics aaeei einean aisada 25 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 i SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Recording and Counting Transactions veccpccie 25 especie eee ie cets eihepiees tite pene aerate 27 Quick CoUier a a a SG 28 Recording and Counting Files ssnseeeeeeeeseenennnnreeseerrtrnnnrnnsserrrrnnnnnrnnserrnrnnnnnnneent 29 Quick Counting Template Function Groups
37. Started The Details screen also displays a history of the impacts to the Process in the Session Impact dialogue box We see that the Create Assignment Process was added new in the first Count Session for the Development Project and subsequently this Count Session AMS 001 Daily Rate Impact Count changed the process in response to the users change request This is also shown to us in the Function screen where the icon for this process is coloured orange The Count Session that is currently selected is displayed just above the status bar under the bottom LH screen and should be displaying session AMS 001 Daily Rate With the Create Assignment Process highlighted select the Enhancement Type Delete radio button at the bottom of the screen You will see the colour of the arrow icon next to the Process change from Orange to red to show it is deleted You would select this option when recording a Change Request to remove existing functionality from an application It is marked as logically removed and will be physically deleted when the release updates the baseline when the Release is completed To display the Data Groups accessed by the Process Create Assignment select the Data Tab along the top of the Right Hand Screen Expand the Data Tree The red JV in the check box indicates that these Data Groups are accessed by Create Assignment The Pen Icon next to Assignment indicates that this is an Internal Logical Fil
38. This representation assists a function point counter in conducting and validating the completeness of a Function Point Count G General Systems Characteristics Fourteen quality and technical features identified to be delivered with the functions of the software The 14 characteristics GSCs or features are assessed for their degree of influence on the software application as a whole and for their impact on the development and maintenance activities for the software Albrecht s algorithm VAF 0 65 0 01 Sum GSCs is used to calculate the Value Adjustment Factor for the software IFPUG International Function Point Users Group a US based organisation with international affiliates which maintains standards and guidelines for the use of the Function Point Analysis technique R Record Element Type A Record Element Type RET is a user recognisable sub group of a logical data file It usually corresponds to the relational tables on the data model which were grouped together to make up the logical group of data from a business view S System Is used synonymously for application see application T Transactions These correspond to elementary Processes in IFPUG terminology They are the lowest level on a functional hierarchy and represent a discrete event in the users business Processes They complete a unit of work and leave the business in a consistent state E g Update Property Details V
39. a function This ensures that counters are reminded of the IFPUG guidelines and make count decisions via a consistent and auditable process SCOPE has a fully indexed ROBOHELP Help system for all functionality This help accesses the Total Metrics www site to give the user the very latest HELP for all functionality and embedded Flash Tutorials on most counting activities Both HELP and the Tutorials are updated every SCOPE Release and because it is online is updated dynamically whenever we identify another area where it can provide assistance SCOPE allows individual users to customise SCOPE to operate with their own user counting and display options and defaults This flexibility in customisation includes being able to dynamically switch between 10 languages e g French Italian German Japanese Portuguese Dutch Chinese etc which dynamically changes the language in which the screens and messages will display Comparison to FPW Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 165 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE e FPW does not provide any automated counting assistance e FPW does not enable users in to operate the software in their language of choice or dynamically switch between languages 11 SCOPE counts are more understandable by the Business Users SCOPE s way of recording functional size takes into account the way we develop software today i e It recognises the way it structures its Ap
40. and re display it when required Flag Sets and Filter Sets are managed from the dialog box displayed when you choose Trees Flag Set List or Trees Filter Sets or the Flag icon or Filter icon from the top menu Flag Sets and Filter Sets are saved for the specific tree highlighted at the time of saving To re apply them you need to be located on the tree for which the set was saved before selecting to view the dialogue box to retrieve them You can save many Flag Sets and apply them cumulatively so that the display represents the net total of the selection Filters applied You can also manually allocate Flags to any node in addition to those Flags currently displayed Manually allocate and de allocate flags by pressing Alt F or selecting the Flag icon at the top of the screen whilst located on a node When you save the displayed Flag Set you can include the new Flags or alternatively save as another set using the save as option Filters allow you to highlight nodes i e SCOPE attaches a Flag to the node to highlight it on the LH tree that are Linked to the node currently selected on the RH tree The conditions for the Filter are set on the right hand side and the Flags are displayed on the LH tree Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 105 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting To create a Filter e Display two trees by clicking the appropriate tabs they must be different trees you cannot filt
41. and the United States e Data within the ISBSG Repository Release 11 supports the premise that smaller projects are successful Over 65 of the projects in the repository are less than 500 function points and 93 of the projects are less than 2000 function points The repository is populated by industry projects voluntarily submitted by organizations that want to benchmark their project s performance against industry projects with a similar profile Consequently organizations tend to submit successfully completed projects which have better than average performance i e the ones which did not fail e Software Productivity Research e Ata median industry cost of 716 fp delivered a 5000 function point project is risking 3 5 million dollars e Industry experience suggests that the best managed projects which deliver quality software on time and within budget tend to less than 700 function points and up to 1500 function points Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 220 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size e The Victorian State Government in Australia has adopted a recommended policy for Government departments to manage and control government out sourced development projects using Function Points Suppliers tender for the development based on a fixed price in dollars per function point SCOPE changes are automatically charged by the supplier at a pre determined contracted charge rate b
42. any concerns you are welcome to advise Total Metrics and Total Metrics will make any necessary explanations review or changes All other Trademarks belong to their respective owners Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 238 Flash Tutorials Most of the major functions and features within SCOPE are fully explained via a Flash Tutorial on the topic Please go to http www totalmetrics com function point software SCOPE project sizing software flash tutorials For Tutorials on how to do the following functions Set Up a New Application Set Up a New Release Set Up a New Baseline Count Set Up an Enhancement Count Set Up Multiple Counts on the Same Release Import Export Release Counts Building Hierarchical Trees Counting An Elementary Process Counting a Logical File Import Count Sessions from other Databases into a Release Import a Count from EXCEL Import and Export Trees or Parts of Trees Documenting Your Count Notes Enhancement Count Existing Baseline Excel Benchmarking Metrics Charts Enhancement Count No Baseline Data Groups Enhancement Count No Baseline Transactions Exporting data to ISBSG Linking Counts to Projects Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Flash Tutorials e Linking Data to Transactions e Metrics Reporting Tabular Data e NESMA Enhancement Counts e Quick Early Counting Template Groups e Recording Application M a
43. at the top of the screen to view the Data Tree Highlight the top node and Right Click the mouse and select Insert Data Group Folder to create a Folder in which to group your list of logical files Creating Folders enables you to group logical files that are related for ease of finding and easy understanding of your count E g Accounts Related Files Customer Related Files Press F2 to rename the folder Highlight the top node or the Data Group Folder and press Alt Ins to insert Data Group nodes These represent the major data entities or classes of objects accessed by the software Insert the name of the Data Group on the opposite side by selecting the Detail or double click the Data Group name or press F2 to rename Use the detail view select Details Tab above the status bar to enter the Functional Size details of Data Group Type and Complexity The Data Group type defaults to Undefined and the complexity to Low Override the default Data Group type using the User Select option under DG Type Result Source By default the Data Group is Derived from how it is accessed by Processes Linked to it If functions or Processes that Update the Data Group are Linked to the Data Group then the Data Group Type derived is an Internal Logical File ILF When you select to link a process to a Data Group the access type defaults to READ ONLY indicating that the process only reads the Data Group and does not update it The READ ONLY access type is ide
44. attached to relevant transactions aids in selective count reporting for management purposes e count is recorded and reported using the SCOPE Project Sizing Software software repository tool Level 1 Count Attributes Detailed Linked and Flagged Count are e very detailed e easily auditable e accurate within the limits of the FPA technique 10 e very well documented e easily maintained Best suited for following count purposes e benchmarking projects new development and enhancement e detailed estimates e project tracking e as detailed baseline model for future detailed enhancement project counting e input into Metrics reporting for Strategic and Tactical Level reporting Issues e very time intensive counting rates up to 200 fps per day e requires very skilled counters e rarely cost effective for large legacy application baseline counts Pre requisites e good to high quality system documentation e data model e full access to system experts Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 195 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size SCOPE and Level 1 Counts Use the Enter Values Option and enter the number of DETs and FTR and RETs when determining the complexity of Processes and Data Groups in SCOPE and link Processes and Data Groups More accurate Level 1 counting can be done by actually listing all the DETs used by a process on the data tree and linking to them
45. below Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 129 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation Setup Template Function Groups Template Setup Options can be modified by selecting Setup button on the Insert Template Group Dialogue box or from under View on the Main Menu Template Setup Options m Template Function Groups Standard one gt a ee el m Process Transaction Verbs R Preview E Example Manage Object Information Maintain Only Add Object Report Only Modify Object Standard two am Delete Object New Group Modify Name i ep View Object e Browse Object i q Report Object 2l ae reve Template verb Scroll to Select 7 Add Input X Average X New Group Name Standard one Name Manage Type Prefix We Sufix Information Complexity Link Type Update X m Import Export Import Export Update Update I Reverse In this dialogue box you can set up your own customised Template Function Groups suitable for your organisation and add the appropriate verbs to be assigned to the processes that are standard for your own naming conventions Create a new Template Function Group Steps e Selecting New Group and give it a Name e The Prefix is the word that will be inserted in front of the noun name in the Function Branch e
46. chunks of functionality You choose to fill in as much detail as you want by inserting nested functions which are then divided into Processes at a finite level Examples of typical Functions would be Maintain Customer Information Manage Invoicing A Process is considered by IFPUG 4 3 to be the smallest unit of work that is meaningful to the end user and on completion leaves the application in a consistent state Examples Add a new Customer Modify Customer Details Delete a Customer View Customer Details List Outstanding Invoices Print Customer Invoice HINT Processes are equivalent to the IFPUG Elementary Processes For those users not familiar with IFPUG CPM 4 3 rules Elementary Processes roughly equate to USE CASES which have been decomposed to the level of a single user function Functional size derived from the Function tree is based on the type of Process Input Output or Enquiry and the combined effect of the number of Data Groups accessed File Types Referenced FTRs and the number of fields Data Element Types DETs the Process needs to share with the User Where a e FTR is a Data Group listed on the Data Group Tree e DET is a unique user recognisable field that may or may not be stored ona Data Group You can choose the level of detail you to decompose your functional hierarchy If you do not want to go down to each individual process level then insert a number into the Multiplier field within the Process Details
47. dates If delivery time is constrained then the SCOPE Manager can use ISBSG s regression equations to demonstrate the trade offs between compressing the schedule and the cost of adding more people on the project For example doubling the speed of project delivery requires up to four times the number of people 5 Large teams have a significant negative impact on an individual s productivity rate and consequently an overall increased cost of the project to deliver the same product If the estimated cost and duration exceeds the planned budget or schedule then the functionality may need to be reduced Other governance processes need to be in place to ensure that the reduced functionality still delivers the planned business benefits Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 207 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Project risk of failure increases exponentially with project size Early quantification of the size of the proposed software product enables evaluation of potential risk The SCOPE Manager provides quantitative input for the business to make objective decisions as to the development strategy to minimise risk whether to proceed to the next step of building a requirements specification or to cancel the project Clients Project Metrics Based Project Activities Governance Activities Ballpark Functional Size Business Case 4 ISBSG Feasibility Study lt ffort Cost
48. from the Update to Baseline i e puts the Count Session on Hold and SCOPE will create a new WIP Release based on the new Baseline Count but also includes the Held Over Count Session so that is now part of the Latest Release Count It will be removed from the previous WIP Release where it was originally created e Conversion functionality or any functionality delivered by the project but not in the Production Release SCOPE allows you to select to NOT Apply the Count Session to the particular Baseline Update The Count Session will remain in the Work in Progress Release where it was created but its impacts will not be considered in the Update to Baseline Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 50 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Update to Baseline m Hold over a Count session All Sessions Session To Hold 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for ng 006 CR AMS Receive Time Sheet Ir Hold gt gt r Do not apply to Production Baseline All Sessions Session to NOT Apply 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for nd 006 CR AMS Receive Time Sheet Ir Exclude gt gt Cancel Updating Baseline Counts a _ Update to Baseline SCOPE allows you to record all your project counts as Count Sessions on a copy of the Production Baseline that you have created in the Work in Progress Release Group Once all the project counts ar
49. g in the Standard one template Group in the example it is the word Manage prefixing the Manage Loyalty Member Information function Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 130 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation e The Suffix is the word that will be inserted in front of the noun name in the Function Branch e g in the Standard one template Group in the example it is the word Information in the suffix of the Manage Loyalty Member Information function e Select Update to update the Template Function Groups with your new Group e However you will need to create some appropriate Process Transaction verbs for your new Template Function Group e To change details fora Template Function Group just make changes then select Update Process Transaction Verbs SCOPE has a list of predefined Verbs that are currently used to describe elementary processes e g add modify delete cancel transfer report list browse view enquire etc These verbs have been pre assigned the most common default type and complexity For example the verb Add in the following screen has been defaulted to an External Input with Average complexity and would update a logical File If you want to Change Verbs then make your changes and select to Update Create a new Process Transaction Verb by e selecting New Verb and give ita Name e the Complexity is the complexity that will be assigned t
50. have shifted the perception of the project team from seeing us as just another project overheard to being someone that can assist project teams to better manage and control their risk and optimise their chances of success To download the full paper please go to http www totalmetrics com function point resources downloads Software Measurement Project Governance paf Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 206 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Role of SCOPE Manager during Project Life Cycle Business Planning Feasibility The SCOPE manager can be involved in the project as early as the business case stage where they assess the high level business requirements to provide an estimated functional size of the proposed project The functional size combined with a productivity rate for the planned development environment can be used to establish a ballpark range of predicted project effort cost and likely duration If the organisation has its own internal productivity data then this can be used for the estimates Alternatively industry data for productivity rates are available from the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group ISBSG 1 The ISBSG s data provides industry productivity data for a wide range of development platforms languages and environments The project estimates can be used as a reality check against the planned budget and required delivery
51. into MS WORD Select to print the reports as an MS WORD document and then save the report and email as an attachment SCOPE Viewer SCOPE Viewer enables Function point counters to share all details of the Count Results as a softcopy with personnel who may not have a SCOPE license SCOPE Viewer works the same way as SCOPE but only has limited functionality It allows the user to view all aspects of a Count that has been recorded in a SCOPE database Function point counters can select to snapshot just one count for Users to review or they can select all counts for a Release or provide the users with access to all counts in the SCOPE database The Users can then make comments on the count results and return the data to the counter to incorporate into the master version of the count SCOPE Viewer is free and can be downloaded from the Total Metrics website http www totalmetrics com function points forms SCOPE Viewer Request Form Whilst SCOPE Viewer will not allow the users to modify the count by adding or deleting Nodes it will allow user to e link nodes and to change node names and descriptions e run all count reports e Assign notes or attributes you have previously set up We would recommend that you set up an Attribute Category with Attributes that allow the Users to assign relevant attributes to the nodes they have made changes to or aspects of the count they want to highlight E g Attributes could be Agree
52. is the aggregated size of the unique functions impacted by the Count Sessions listed for the Release This is different from a Release Reworked Report in that if more than one Count Session impacts a Process or Data Group then the impacted function is only included once in the total size E g if the WIP Release had two Change Requests i e separate Count Sessions that changed a process of 4 function points then the impacted process would only contribute 4 function points to the Release Impacted Functional Size However the impacted process would contribute 4 function points to the size of each Count Session within the Release This size measures the total amount of unique functionality that is worked on during the Release and ignores any rework It is the net size of the Release irrespective of how many times a function was impacted by Change Requests Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 100 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Note In IFPUG CPM terminology this report would be equivalent to the sum of the Enhancement Project Counts for a particular Release of an Application except that it excludes duplicate counting of Enhancement Projects that impact the same function 3 Release Reworked Functional Size Reports the cumulative size of the Count Sessions listed under the selected Release Itis the total size of all the work done in this Work in Progress Release This is different from a Release Impacted
53. of stacked windows Field lengths are virtually unrestricted to allow actual specification names to be used in documenting the count and display without truncation Data groups can be hierarchically structured to individually document names of RETs and DETs which can be linked to Elementary Processes Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 YES Moving from FPW to SCOPE Easy to upgrade from other tools without losing historical count data Maps the structure of your counts to the real world structure of your applications development and maintenance environment for easy reporting and communication Allows multiple counts to be done for multiple change requests that impact the same Release of an application avoids separate counts corrupting the master baseline with counts overwriting each other Reduces risk of giving incorrect sizing for decision making by ensuring more accurate and consistent counting Saves significant time therefore dollar costs for a counter to record count results Also assists in reviewing counts as all information is available ona single split screen and names are fully readable 154 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Allows easy hierarchical cataloguing of Notes and YES Attributes with long field length or no field length restriction for complete count documentation Online expert system to provide expert assistance in IFPUG counting rules Full Au
54. of textual information such as Specifications Documents 2 Notes record the textual information to be cross referenced e g under the Note Set Specification Documents each Note would map functions and data groups to specific sections within the functional specification document Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 17 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features Attribute Hierarchy Tree enables categories to be set up that can be used to selectively identify characterise and group either software Functions Data Groups or Notes It has two levels of nodes 1 Categories record the names of the groups of characteristics e g Implementation Priority Ratings Specification Quality 2 Attributes record the different types of characteristics you may want to assign to your software Functions Data Groups or Notes Attributes can be of two types Standard attributes and Numerical attributes Numerical Attributes enable you to quantify your functional model e g selectively apply productivity rates so you can estimate hours to develop apply NESMA impact factors do earned value reporting etc E g if at the group level the Category was Implementation Priority Ratings then the Attributes could be e Mandatory High Priority e Required Medium Priority and e Optional Low Priority E g the Specification Quality Category coul
55. of the application The hierarchy illustrates closely related functions and their relative size If the impact of change is focused on a group of related functions then development effort will be reduced particularly in the design testing and documentation stages of the project This strategy of evaluating the SCOPE of impact of a change request also reduces project risk by restricting projects to a manageable size and focusing change on a restricted set of related business functions Software Asset Valuation Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 223 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Function Point Analysis is being used increasingly by organisations to support the valuation of their software assets In the past software has been considered an expense rather than a capital asset and as such was not included in an organisations asset register The most commonly used software valuation method is based on the deprival method This method values the software based on what it would cost to replace in today s technical environment rather than what it cost originally to build The industry build rate dollar cost per function point is determined and the total replacement value is calculated based on the current Functional Size of the application Since FPA provides a means of reliably measuring software some organisations have implemented accrual budgeting and accounting i
56. of the hierarchy screens Saves time running online reports by reporting the latest size value dynamically as you count See Types of Functional Size Reporting o Export Metrics for Import into other Products Select to export e All Metrics Results for a Release Project or a single count to an XML file for easy import into your own metrics repository or an industry database See Export XML to a Metrics Repository e Functional Size Results into a CSV format compatible for import into SPR Knowledge Plan See Export to SPR KnowledgePlan CSV Seamless integration of SCOPE results into your estimation and metrics repositories 7 Listing of Notes Attributes and Data in the Detail Screens See at a glance a list of the linked notes data and attributes when viewing the details of each Process or Data Group double click on the list to take you to the selected link Speeds up counting and count reviews as everything is on a single screen See Viewing Linked Processes Data Notes and Attributes 8 Online Reporting of the Size of All Releases Count Sessions in the Applications List Screen You can see at a glance the size of all Count Sessions and all Releases for all Applications in the Application List Screen Size can be optionally reported as Baseline Size Reworked Size or Impacted Size for Release or Session This feature saves creating reports on individual Count Sessions and Releases to compare values
57. on a logical data file Development Project Set of activities that build one or more software applications These activities primarily add new functionality E Enhancement Project Set of activities that change one or more existing software applications These activities change or delete existing functionality or add new functionality to existing applications F Files Represent the Data Business Functions or Data Groups described in the IFPUG documentation They are logical groups of data from an external business perspective They are closely related to but do not exactly correspond to entities on a normalised data model that is the logical view of the data from an information technology perspective Function Point A unit of measurement of software product and project functional size Function Point Analysis A technique used to measure the Functional Size of software products and projects Function Point Count Noun The result of applying the Function Point Analysis technique to software It is a measure of the Functional Size of the software Function Point Count Verb An activity that applies the Function Point Analysis technique to size software projects or applications Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Glossary Functional Hierarchy A diagrammatic representation of the functional decomposition of the business functionality of an application
58. or existing changed words or deleted words Whereas Microsoft WORD changes the font colour for the different types of modifications and for different Users SCOPE keeps the colour allocated to the impact type the same but only displays one User s changes i e on one Sessions modifications at any one time and only the modifications for the selected Session are indicated by the icon colour However as in Microsoft WORD SCOPE records all the impacts of all the Count Sessions on the same Release model so their cumulative effect can be displayed and reported Reporting the cumulative effect or rework is similar to displaying all the current changes on the screen in Microsoft WORD whereas the Baseline Release Report is equivalent to Microsoft WORD s option of leaving Tracking on but not displayed on the screen l e it gives the net result and does not include the deleted functions Updating to Baseline is the same as Accepting all Changes where the NET effect of the additions changes and deletions is the resultant model in the Production Release The ability to record concurrent impacts from more than one count Session facilitates configuration control of change requests within a particular release It ensures that modifications from concurrent projects do not overwrite each other when the production baseline release is updated with the result of the latest impact Set up a New Count Session The following video tuto
59. provide an option to print the Function Point Counting details next to each node i e type and Fps awarded Linked Tree Lists Provide a comprehensive list of the cross referenced nodes Linking the Hierarchy Trees to each other For Data Group Function Linked Lists it also reports the type relationship between the Data Group and Process i e Update or Read Only Function Point Count Result Reports and All Counts for a Release See also Reporting the Functional Size in Function Points These reports provide both detailed and summary reports relevant to the Functional Size of the currently selected Release Model The different types of Functional Size reports include and exclude different functionality as described in Table below The Functional Size result will include all functionality on both the function and the data hierarchy unless you have selected to include only a branch from the current position or only selected Flagged nodes within a branch using the Filter Option In that case the Functional Size reported will only be for the selected Flagged nodes All Counts for a Release Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 94 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Reports list a summary of all the Count Session Sizes both as a table and as a comparative Bar Chart and Pie Chart detailing the relative contribution of each Count Session to the total Release Size Detail Reports These reports include Process a
60. reSPONSE TIMES cceeeeeeeeeeeeees 128 FEV audenananaancocunnas 16 24 54 121 FS iirc tai E E 16 Reverse oa ercctcdasteachecrmarndaumevandactentad 130 Reversing the Order of the Verb and Nouns in Template Function Group ek ook Sack eal cheb ideie da 130 REWOTFK cecceceeeccseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeees 65 225 rework factor cceeeeeeeeeeeeeee 65 right AOW sssssssssssssennnnneessrrrerreee 118 Risk ASSCSSMEN1 ceeeeeeeeeeees 226 Rough COUN wecccnsonccectnestnenzeestseuboes 197 S Save AS TYPe ssecceeeeeeeeeeeees 84 SCOPE Corporate 15 SCOPE EXCEL template 84 SCOPE Managet 000 204 215 SCOPE Managers 203 SCOPE Professional 15 SCOPE Proxy TM seeeeeeeees 198 SCOPE VieWET 0 cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 87 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Search ene Rr eee ear Dene Ree re ene ere 124 Select Flagged Nodes 93 107 Serial Number ccccceeeeseeees 1 10 SESSIO Meseia ives eevee aye sts ie 65 Set All csoussouiioualeuetsiies 40 Shift Down Arrow eeeeeeeeeees 118 Shift Up Arrow ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 118 SSOUICUIG vs rcetisardetoteinneinedenedaleeteisatetien 118 Size Approximation 000 198 Snapshot sect csetnctieectantacscieseesisstectes 82 SnapShot Viewer sses 110 SNApVIEWET ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteees 111 Software Application 000 59 Softw
61. screen and SCOPE will multiply the function points for the identified process by the value of the multiplier E g If you know that there are 25 Sales Reports and they are all of Average Complexity then put a 25 into the Multiplier field within the Process named Sales Reports The function points calculated will be 25 5 125 Note If you have identified a user function that is not counted in IFPUG function points e g Menu but you want to record that you have found it but not counted it then you can still include it in the Function Tree but assign it a Multiplier of zero so that it does not contribute to functional size We would recommend that you assign a NOTE to provide your reasons for Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 56 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts not counting it or put the reasons in the Description field You may also want to create an Attribute called Technical Quality Feature and assign it to the node you do not want counted Managing Applications Projects and Counts Applications Applications Overview O UO Applications List The List of Software Applications screen displays when you first open a SCOPE database It can also be selected from under the main menu home option or File Project and Application List When selected it displays a dialog box listing the various software applications for which you have function point counts stored in th
62. technology WWW portal for sophisticated management reporting and dynamic ISBSG benchmarking capability SCOPE extracts ISBSG compliant Metrics data and email ISBSG with your submitted Project Data or export to MS EXCEL customisable pivot charts for graphical reporting Customisable numeric multipliers allows users to use templates or create their own numeric multipliers to report metrics based on size Synchronisation capability allows users to count off site and later merge the changes they have made into the baseline count without overwriting changes made in the meantime by other counters Single SCOPE database file to simplify data storage and transmission of counts Enables Project Managers to quantitatively track and interactively display the size of project rework displaying the history of changes online Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 YES YES Moving from FPW to SCOPE SCOPE integrates all Project and Maintenance and support metrics into a central repository for centralised reporting SCOPE CONNECT allows users to identify integrate query and visualise their metrics data with drill down reporting and dynamic filtering of the ISBSG database Slice and dice your own metrics data to benchmark against relevant Industry projects SCOPE can export an XML file of selected Metrics data and email it to ISBSG as a submission for their ISBSG Development and E
63. the change and assistance with size based price negotiations We assess impact on planned schedules and budgets Ongoing Project Monitoring The Functional Size Model provides input into the quantitative monitoring of project status using an earned value type of reporting 2 3 l e the SCOPE Manager provides independent project status reports based on the amount of functionality delivered versus functionality planned to be delivered within each reporting period This is an output based metric for project reporting that is more meaningful to the business client rather than an input based metrics of budget or effort consumed l e status reporting is based on the amount of product delivered function points to each stage of completeness This contrasts with traditional approaches of monitoring status based on resources and schedule consumed The status report provides the client with detailed objective independent assessment about which functions of their software have been developed to what stage The increased visibility of project status gives early warning of project slippage Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 213 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Clients Project Metrics Based Project Activities Governance Activities ISBSG Industry Project Effort Profiles Project Progress Reporting Earned Value quantity of functionality deliver
64. the Set All option found by Right clicking the mouse and selecting Links from the Pop up menu Hint The flip icon can also be used to refresh the screen To Set and Clear Links quickly e Select the node you want to link to on the LHS Tree Highlight the Parent Node on the RHS Tree Right Click the mouse and select Link Set All and SCOPE will set links to all the children of the Parent Node Select Link Clear All to unlink all child nodes e Use the Search and Replace function to find and Flag all nodes that satisfy specific search criteria Then use the Link To Flagged Nodes to automatically link the currently selected LHS node to all the flagged nodes on the RHS Tree To link to everything that is not currently flagged select the Link To Un flagged Nodes option You can selectively clear current links by selecting either the Link Clear Un flagged Nodes or Clear Flagged Nodes options e f an existing node already has all the links that you would like a new node to inherit then they can be cloned to one or many other nodes Select Edit Copy Links CNTL L to copy the links on the source node highlight your target node and select to Paste the links Edit Paste Links ALT L You can select to paste the links to the just the target node or to all of its descendents Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 41 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Linking Processes to t
65. the backup snap shot version Be aware that if you are using the multi user SCOPE Corporate version of SCOPE that if another user selects to save the database then all your changes will automatically be saved by their command If for some reason SCOPE is terminated unexpectedly while you have an open SCOPE database the next time you open SCOPE it will ask if you want to recover your unsaved file If you confirm then your previous set of changes will be saved and your database re instated Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 88 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Audit Trail of History of Changes to Counts SCOPE will automatically record details of which Author who created or modified any tree node Functions Data Attributes or Notes as well as when the change was made The information is displayed at the bottom of the Details screen for the Node It tracks all nodes for all trees By default the machine designated user name will be reported as the author of the change or you can input your own name as the author for your session View User Options menu When reviewing counts you can search the trees for those nodes created or modified by a particular user on selected date ranges The resulting highlighted nodes are flagged on screen and can be reported selectively on any of the SCOPE reports using the Select Flagged Nodes option in the Report Selection box This new audi
66. their use Metrics initiatives have a high cost and need substantial investment which is often overlooked at contract price negotiation Both the supplier and the client typically incur costs However given the size of the penalties and bonuses associated with these contracts it soon becomes obvious that this investment is necessary Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 225 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size FPA Uses and Benefits in Project Construction Monitoring Functional Creep Function point analysis provides project management with an objective tool by which project size can be monitored for change over the project s lifecycle As new functions are identified functions are removed or changed during the project the function point count is updated and the impacted functions appropriately Flagged The 10project SCOPE can be easily tracked and reported at each of the major milestones If the project size exceeds the limits allowed in the initial estimates then this will provide an early warning that new estimates may be necessary or alternatively highlight a need to review the functionality to be delivered by this release Assessing and Prioritizing Rework Function Point Analysis allows the project manager to objectively and quantitatively measure the SCOPE of impact of a change request and estimate the resulting impact on project schedule and costs This immediate
67. they are snapshot of size only They need to be redone if anything changes Best suited for following count purposes Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 201 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size e portfolio baseline assessment e software asset valuation e project scoping e estimating count durations e benchmarking support ratios e most cost effective for large legacy applications which do not need their counts maintained Issues e very efficient most applications can have their size estimated within half a day e very cost effective for large legacy application baseline counts which have very little enhancement Pre requisites e accurate completion of a questionnaire usually takes 2 hrs but may take up to 2 days if the software is poorly documented or applications knowledge is limited e access to system experts 1 2 hour interview SCOPE and Level 6 Counts Level 6 counts are available online using FP Outline see http www totalmetrics com function point software software size estimation What is FP Outline Background Many organizations have a need for quick easy software sizing and have neither the time nor the skills to do a detailed Function Point Count FP Outline provides the expertise to quickly determine the approximate size of a project or an application in minutes rather than the days weeks or months Copyright Total Me
68. to monitor and control your project s progress and the growth of an application over multiple releases during its lifetime By using SCOPE in the initial stages of project development you can model your planned software s functionality in higher level Functions and easily evaluate the impact of a particular decision to include or exclude functions As a project evolves SCOPE supports you as you add detail and decompose the Functions down into Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features Processes Additionally SCOPE supports complex development cycles with multiple change requests within the same release it acts as a software asset register and by keeping a history of multiple software versions in production SCOPE enables you to keep a functional history of each application by providing a documented audit trail of changes to the software throughout its life Traceability and being able to quantify changes is particularly important for contract negotiations of pricing variations in outsourced development During a software development project uninformed decisions can lead to inconsistent and incorrect resource allocation that can ultimately jeopardize the project s outcome For example a project s success in terms of remaining within budget and time constraints can sometimes mean sacrificing functionality These trade off decisions are made more difficult
69. updated and or viewed simultaneously by any number of SCOPE Corporate 3 0 and SCOPE Viewer users e SCOPE 3 0 Professional has all the features of SCOPE 3 0 Corporate but operates in the same mode as previous versions of SCOPE and is ideal for organisations that prefer to store their SCOPE counts locally and only need single user access at any one time to the database Contact us now to upgrade your current licenses from SCOPE Professional to SCOPE Corporate to take advantage of having global accessibility to your counts SCOPE Corporate is the only Function Point Counting tool in its class to allows multi user accessibility 2 Complete Audit trail of all Count Updates SCOPE 3 0 will automatically record details of which User created or modified any tree node as well as when the change was made By default the machine designated user name will be reported as the author of the change or you can input your own name as the author for your session View User Options menu When reviewing counts you can search the trees for those nodes created or modified by a particular user on selected date ranges The resulting highlighted nodes are flagged on screen and can be reported selectively on any of the SCOPE reports using the Select Flagged Nodes option in the Report Selection box This new audit option allows you to review any changes to a count and have a full history of when those changes were made and by whom This is parti
70. with an open green padlock Counts measured at different stages of the life cycle are recorded as Count Sessions but are individually tracked on the same Release model to retain configuration control Record Project Details for each Count Session in the Project List If your make changes to the Release when a Count Session is open then all changes for the Enhancement Project can be tracked by assigning an impact type to the elementary processes and data groups impact type add change delete This is similar to using Tracking in Microsoft WORD Record Project Details in the Project List SCOPE allows you to record multiple counts for a Project 169 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Recording Rework during a Project Updating the Baseline Application count Not available to record rework a c d on the same process in the same Release count A work around is to use Labels File gt Maintain Application Baseline or use File gt Browse for Counts select count and press Maintain Application Baseline Use a Count Session to record your new changes Impacts across the life cycle can be tracked cumulatively File Project and Applications List Select a work in progress Release with the Open Padlock has update rights select Update to Baseline Moving from FPW to SCOPE across many different Applications or within the same application and aggregate the counts toa Project Total Repo
71. without some way to measure and compare functionality across different parts of the application being developed SCOPE allows you to easily do this what if analysis and thus make informed management decisions on the impact of SCOPE changes plus you will have a record that enables those decisions to be justified if required later Why Hierarchies SCOPE uses Tree Hierarchies as a means of modelling the functional requirements of the software Hierarchies are a powerful organisational technique to break large problems down into manageable tasks The human race itself is a hierarchy we have parents grandparents great grandparents and so on in an extended hierarchy that graphically describes our inter relationships and forms our family trees Whenever we face the need to introduce a system of classification to describe relationships it is the hierarchy that we naturally choose Phylum class order etc for plants and animals Dewey decimal notation for library books domain names on the Internet directory classifications in Microsoft Windows Explorer these are all examples of hierarchical arrangements Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 14 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features Hierarchies are powerful precisely because they are natural to us They enable us to get around our built in limitations and sort complex information in a structured and comprehensible manner SCOPE supp
72. your Function Point Counts Basic Steps of an FPA Count D U Up New Count Baseline Count a Set Up New Count Enhancement Count When you first open a Count Session the Function Hierarchy Tree is displayed This is where your software is modelled as a hierarchical structure Your first step is to determine the main functional areas within the software application to be measured and enter them into SCOPE as Functions use Alt INS Key in the Function Tree Hierarchy Continue breaking down each Function until you get to the lowest elementary Process to be performed within the software application Enter each Process use Ins Key into SCOPE Working from the application s functional specification in the Detail screen classify each elementary Process as either an e Input i e something that enables the user to input data into the software to be stored e Output i e something that enables the user to extract derived information from the software e Inquiry i e something that enables the user to query stored data Select to display the Data Tree Hierarchy by selecting the Data Tab at the top of the screen on the RHS window Determine the categories of logical files in your software and create some File Folders Under each Data Group Folder identify the logical groups of data in your software and enter each Data Group ILF or EIF into SCOPE under the appropriate Folder the Data Tree Hierarchy Data groups may be further dec
73. 0 FP MO Howrs Elorn Required ACCOUNT MANACEMENT Project Drivery Rate POM O FP tours Citort Required ted Eton to Deliver High he 4426 Hours Ehon Requieed F kamated ition to Deliver deeby Estimate 2807 Hours Efon Required Spectication Completion Status Y 445 FP Completely Specified 1 REGISTRATION AND ACCREDSTITATION G Partially 30 Requirement Specified 20 FP 6 0 FPs Completely Specified A Maspe Person Mouty 1 75 Requsremert Specified 208 FP 201 0 FPL Completely Specified Manege Agent DAM O 100 Requirernene Specified 238 FP 234 0 FPs Completely Specifies amp Mage homnated Person F tamed Value Effort FPx Comp eted of Total FPs to be Gelivered 2614 FPs commptened A Manage Power Station Not started OSN Dart Bucigeted OFP 0 0 1 completed amp Marage Small Generation Unt SGU Pleng Comedeted 9 Effort Bucigeted 20 FP LE FPs completed E A are Payment Analysis Compieted T20 Etiort Bucipeted 184 FP 96 8 FFs conpleted amp CLRIWICATE MADING Orugn Completed 3S Cion Gudkgeted 109 FP 58 2 PPs completed gt amp ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING Duld Completed 178 Elion Budgeted 97 FP 757 FPs completed ass sicut Tering Completed 94 itiort Budgeted 116 FP 109 0 FPs completed E USER TASE LIST ON USER WELCOME P linptemecrtunon Compteted 100 EMert Bodigeted OFP OD FPs completed amp SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
74. 003 2011 142 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope You can now easily have multiple counters counting multiple change requests concurrently on the same baseline If you have counted a project based on an old baseline that was put on hold you can export it from the old Release count and import it to apply to the current Release hierarchy See Import Export Count Sessions 2 Count what you want when you want SCOPE allows you to count projects against a current Work in Progress Release baseline then if the Project is not completed in time for the Production Release to be updated or if the Project did not go ahead as planned just select to hold it over for the next Release SCOPE will not update the baseline with the count and will create a new Work in Progress Release which will include the delayed count SCOPE responds to the needs of a busy IT shop that require what if counts for planning purposes but do not want to lose the information or have it become out of date before the project is actually implemented SCOPE will retain the information of the count over time and exclude it from updating the Baseline until you decide to do so See Excluding Counts from Baseline Update 3 Count Conversion Functionality and select to exclude it from the Baseline Update SCOPE allows you to create a Count Session within a project specifically to count conversion functionality It will be counted as part of the
75. 120 UFPs Data 50 UFPs Total 170 UFPs 21 Ve Select the Notes tab at the top of the screen to open the Notes Tree Similar types of Notes can be grouped into Note Sets for easy access and selective reporting First insert a Note Set Alt Ins and give it a collective name For example you may want to use the Notes to record function point counting assumptions Name the Note Set FPA Assumptions and then insert a Note Ins to record each assumption You may want to further group these assumptions into ones that you have checked and ones that need checking In that case create a Set called Checked and Not Checked under the Set called FPA Assumptions Then insert your Notes under the appropriate parent Set When you have created your Note select Link mode to Link the Note to the Processes or Data Groups about which the assumption has been made Notes may also be linked to Attributes Other suggestions for Notes Sets could be e Questions to record questions you need to clarify with the application s experts Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 37 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e Specification to record your specifications for change requests business rules etc in a note which could be linked to the relevant Process e Errors to record software bugs noted for each Process and data group The severity level could be further classified using an A
76. 128 CNTR Lorrenda 40 COND AGT sacte hte acinennntacttncacenatecnins 128 Compact Database 128 COMICS S eiaeiiai aaia aa 128 Configuration Control 00 179 Conversion sashecrcececesesehaes iocett eto ceaeee 179 0 gi Seeerey ren rT ererOnerere rere eT con AT 2 109 converted database 0cceee 86 016 0 earner nen er ere eee nett rere 124 Copy Links Only eeeeeeees 40 COD VOM a sisietchecdancseieatstatuandattdsiendeten 237 Copyright Notice sse 237 AS OSE scensa sd isipo idia 226 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Index Count Session 19 24 65 69 120 Count Session Impacted Functional IAG E E 99 102 Count SeSSIONS ccccccceeeeeeeeees 65 Create a new Template Function EKSITE A E TE 33 Created nnennneeeeeeeseeeernnerereeereeee 124 CSV erana erent Errore rent mere er premer 84 CES osiensa andai 118 RUIN eoneksesteastaentiiatoeatoesanseitetenstond 118 EO aa raehcctenadheratanivoraenadiceairenieeieced 118 Cint Pea ea 118 CHES sanienndivedeassusntensdunaderasianianedends 118 CURE E E E E 118 OES C 118 D BEES t EEA EAEE arcane 24 Data AttribUte eeeeeeeeeeees 93 Data Element Types ceeeee 16 Data FUNCTION eeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeees 93 Data Group ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeees 24 54 Data Group Folder 0 16 181 Data Groups eeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
77. Attribute o ae 4 24 Attribute Datla igscnsereisvtenectiayeaeieentiee 93 Attribute FP Size Profiles 93 Attribute Function 93 Attribute Hierarchy Tree 20 16 Attribute Note cceceeeeeeee 93 Attributes 16 36 PGI NAE 112 AUTOT cocssscocatesdteanstadenenebahedepesabeaadente 90 AUOT ssctcis cscs iictnctenddacsatiscdeneettiivadted 112 Author Name 124 Author s NaMe sssseessesseereeeeeseereee 90 B Baseline Application ccee 93 Baseline Count 2 sceeeeeeeees 52 Baseline Counts cceeeeeeeeeeees 2 Baseline Release ccceee 93 Baseline Release Functional Size 102 Baseline Release Report 65 Benchmarking eeeeeeeeeeeees 220 BIAGK jccnsepacinccseasieccetepieensciecotepeaests 65 Budget cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 220 Business Planning Feasibility 204 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 C CALE GOMES iucncsscssaecesngdebacsedeesneetiowe 16 COI a oecaia cciteuadiscastieatineduendecensadcutet 4 Change Registration Details 1 Change Request ccccceeceeee 65 Change Requests 0 ceeeee 217 Changes introduced during the Project Build to Implementation 204 Changes to your Computer 235 Chinese a da tinsitrcecruedincatntdinescucecnnaenchins 133 Clear Allasio arnai 40 CLOSE CURRENT 0 sssssc000000
78. CR can be retained in the Release project count and automatically not applied to the Production baseline count This saves having to selectively trim your count prior to update Automatic Synchronization of the Baseline The impacts from a Change Request can also be imported and exported from a baseline The need for this would occur when someone had updated the baseline on a copy of the database but in the meantime the original baseline had been revised The counter can then synchronize their count with the latest revised version of the Baseline by selecting to import a count SCOPE applies its intelligence to apply the impacts of the count on the revised baseline l e if a process in the count is deleted it will find the process on the revised baseline count and mark Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 156 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE it as deleted If the process has been changed then it will be updated and marked as changed If a new process is added then SCOPE will find the correct parent in the revised baseline count and insert the process under its correct parent If you have multiple counters counting on the same baseline at the same time they can do their counts on their own version of the database then export them and import them into a master SCOPE database and SCOPE will manage them so the integrity of the master version is maintained Comparison
79. Count Session for which the impacts are being recorded see the drop down list of Sessions for this release which is displayed next to the Impact Type on the status bar at the bottom of the screen To record the impact for any other Session for this release first select that Session name from the list If any single Process or Data Group has been impacted by multiple Sessions then the names of these multiple Sessions and their impact types are displayed in a window within the details view for the Process or Data Group For example a new Process Add impact type may be changed during the development life cycle by two additional change requests Each change request will be associated with a Count Session and the impact type of Change will be recorded The details screen will display the names of the three Sessions and their Add and Change impacts types The rework factor will record the three impacts and report the cumulative effect in the Release Rework Report i e multiply the function points for the Process 4 by the rework factor 3 and give a total of 12 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 65 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts NOTE Tracking Impact Type for each Change Request Session with a colour is similar to the Microsoft WORD tracking option used in document editing sessions where a different colour is used to highlight new added words
80. Disagree made changes Incorrect see notes etc Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 113 Screens and Layout and Navigation Function Point Counting Screen Layout SCOPE displays the Main Screen after the User selects to Open a Release Count Session when in the Applications List The Main Screen is divided into several parts each of which has a separate role The central area of the main screen is divided into two parts which will be referred to as the left hand LHS and right hand RHS sides from this point onwards The two sides are identical and can be resized by dragging the centre dividing bar to the left or right They are interchangeable by clicking the flip icon looks like a bent paper clip located at the top of the screen You can flip to focus the hierarchy on the left hand side for Linking to other trees and re size it to find the layout that suits you best Each side can contain one of five views which you can choose using the row of tabs at the bottom of the screen above the status line The only restriction is that you cannot display the same view in both sides at the same time The views are grouped into two types Hierarchy Trees and Details Hierarchy Tree views display one of the four trees 1 Function a 2 Data Ht 3 Attribute E 4 Notes The views are selected using the Tabs above the main windows When you display a tree on one side and select the Detail tab on the ot
81. E has advanced reporting features that can be applied selectively to flagged functions The capability to automate the flagging means that you can select functions for reporting or to be linked to another node with a minimum of key strokes The highlighting of all functions impacted within this Release allows you to see the effect of all the Change Requests that have been applied within this Release period The ability to Link just to Flagged nodes facilitates linking between trees E g search for Customer on the Process tree will highlight and Flag all Customer related processes then select the Customer Data Group and Link to Flagged Nodes You can choose to link as Update or Read Only 5 Clone Links You can now select to copy only the links on a source node and paste the links to a target node and optionally to all of its descendents This feature speeds up your documentation by cloning the links you have previously created on a node to be copied and assigned to any other nodes and or their children 6 Set Links for Data Groups You can now select to link to a set of dependents and choose whether the link access type is Read Only or Update SCOPE also allows you to select to leave existing links or overwrite Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 148 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope This feature speeds up linking of Processes to Data Groups particularly when yo
82. E will allow you to export a whole Application and all its Releases and all its counts and all their details or just a node branch or whole tree to an XML file of your choice The XML file can then be saved for later import You can import into the same or different Count Release or Application within the same SCOPE database file or a different one This option is useful when you want to merge the Application or Release counts into another SCOPE database If you just want to extract the Application and its Releases to a clean empty SCOPE database then use the Snapshot option Import Export a Whole Application or Single Release Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 79 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts This function allows you to merge Release counts performed off line or stored in another SCOPE database into a common master SCOPE Database Tole Import or LalExport an Application or Release and all its count details select Homes and open the Applications List Tab Highlight the Application node or expand and highlight a single Release for the Import Export of the Release Export Application Release Highlight the Application or Release name and select the Export Icon SCOPE will prompt you to name the XML file where your exported count will be saved Import Release Highlight the application Portfolio Group or Release Group i e Production Release Work in Progress or Other
83. ENTS SCOPE Features SCOPE Default is Average Input SCOPE automatically derives BOTH the number of FTRs and the DETs from the links This provides the most accurate counting capability of any tool currently on the market Ensures traceability and auditability of your counts SCOPE select low average or high 173 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Moving from FPW to SCOPE Adding Transactions and Data The following Commands in FPW are mapped to the similar commands in SCOPE Record Processes and Data Groups on Functional Model Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 174 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 FUNCTION Modify Data Group Details Create a new Data Group Create a RET for a Data Group Create a DET for a Data Group Function Point WORKBENCH File gt Count Files or directly using Count File List from the context menu in Transaction Hierarchy workspace Modify File Details directly in this list or Open File Details dialog Tables gt System Tables gt System Files and Add There is no way to model group Data Groups in FPW Not available Not available SCOPE Project Sizing Software Double click Data Group Or Select Detail TAB opposite window to Data Tree Select Data Tree TAB ALT INS for Data Group or set up Folders for Related Data Groups Right Click and select to Insert a Data Group Folder A
84. For each worksheet you want to import select to save as a Comma Delimited File CSV using the SAVE AS option under Files and selecting CSV Comma delimited CSV when selecting the Save As Type Select OK and YES when prompted about saving and losing the formatting 12 Save your file with relevant name and a CSV extension You will need to save each worksheet Transactions Data Notes you want imported as its own CSV file name For ease of importing save related count files you want imported as a set in the same directory When you close MS EXCEL you will be asked again to confirm to save the file Only answer Yes if you have made changes since you last saved 13 Open SCOPE and select under Files on the main menu select to import your function point count Import from CSV by selecting the relevant CSV for your Transactions Files and Notes 14 If you want to import a list of Functions Processes or Data Groups into an existing SCOPE count then open the Release highlight the tree you want to import into Highlight the node under which you want the list to be inserted and select to Import Tree from SCOPE EXCEL template under Edit on the Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 83 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts main menu From the browsed list select the relevant CSV file for that Tree Type Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 84 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Man
85. Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting the size in unadjusted function points for the function and Data Group nodes below those that are currently selected on the Function Tree l e if you are located on the Root Node then the Baseline Functional Size reported will be for all Processes and Data Groups in the Release E g Function 100 UFPs Data 25 UFPs Total 125 UFPs If your cursor is positioned on a child node of the Function Tree then the Baseline Functional Size reported would be for all Processes and the Data Groups linked to those Processes from the current cursor position downwards Reporting Flagged Functions If you have selected to flag four Processes worth 4 function points each then the size of the Flagged nodes is reported in brackets All the Data Linked to the Flagged Functions is reported irrespective of whether the Data Nodes have been Flagged In the following example 4 Processes were flagged of which 1 of them was linked to 2 Data Groups Therefore Data reported to be linked is 15 FPs 10 5 E g Functions 100 16 UFPs Data 25 15 UFPs Total 125 31 UFPs However if you ONLY want to report the DATA NODES that are actually physically Flagged not all those actually linked then go to the User Options under the Status Bar Option in the dialogue box and check the box titled Only Flagged Data Nodes used for FP Calculations When this option is checked then for the case where only one of the above linked
86. LT INS Shift Moving from FPW to SCOPE COMMENTS SCOPE Features SCOPE displays all Data details on the same screen dynamically as you move around the data tree SCOPE allows you to create Data Groups on the same screen as you view your hierarchy If you need add a new file press ALT INS Data can be modelled for easy sorting searching and grouped from a User perspective Related Data Groups can be catalogued and stored under a Data Folder for ease of use SCOPE allows you to record details of the RETs and link them to Processes that Read or Update them SCOPE allows you to record details of the DETs and link them to Processes that Read or Update them Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 175 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE meen a INS OK Component maeot Euncion SCOPE uses all the Windows higher level Tree TAB ALT INS standard commands for Function copying moving shifting Node nodes Insert an SCOPE uses Windows Elementary INS Transaction OK Explorer format and by not Process having boxes around functions and processes it allows over 40 to be displayed in a single screen SCOPE displays all Process Select Detail TAB details on the same screen as View ee Highlight for Flyover or on the opposite ee around ile ASA Process tree You can view all its links Double Click Mouse window to the i Details Data Notes and Attributes Eunction
87. Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 236 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 About SCOPE Familiarity with Microsoft Windows and some familiarity with functional decomposition techniques are assumed For quantitative sizing some knowledge of the IFPUG Functional Size Methodology is required See www ifpug org For more information about ISBSG International Software Benchmarking Standards Group see www isbsg org Versions Published SCOPE Project Sizing Software SCOPE Version 1 6 First Published January 2004 Upgrades Published o Version 1 7 June 2005 o Version 1 8 December 2005 o Version 1 9 May 2006 o Version 2 0 August 2007 o Version 2 1 August 2008 o Version 2 2 June 2009 o Version 3 0 April 2010 SCOPE Corporate Multi User database and SCOPE Professional Single User database o Version 4 0 July 2011 SCOPE Corporate SCOPE Professional SCOPE Metrics Copyright Notice This User Manual and SCOPE Project Sizing Software SCOPE Corporate SCOPE Professional and SCOPE Metrics are copyright April 2003 to 2011 to Total Metrics Proprietary Limited Australia Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 237 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 About SCOPE Note Total Metrics has taken all appropriate steps to ensure the accuracy of its published material Some of the contents of the material may require detailed technical explanation to gain a complete understanding If you have
88. Next Child Level Only Status Line The status line at the bottom of the Main Screen provides the following information Help text at the left of the status line shows warnings and other messages It also describes buttons when you move the mouse over a toolbar button Functional Size When the Function Tree is displayed the numeric value in the middle of the status bar shows the Functional Size for the Release or the selected node in unadjusted function points See Types of Functional Size Reporting for more details If you have selected i e flagged particular processes or data groups using the Filter option or by manually Flagging Then the functional size of the selected items is displayed in brackets on the Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 126 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation status bar SCOPE reports the Type of Functional Size Baseline Impacted Reworked depending on which option is selected on the status bar HINT To update refresh the displayed value in the count select F5 The functional size value updates dynamically as you move around the function tree For very large counts you can speed up navigation by turning off the display of the functional size by selecting View Screen Display Options from the Main Menu Turn off the check box titled Dynamic FP Calculation To re calculate the FP size at any time press F5 e Nodes Dynamic Address at the right of
89. PA o TEES Fund JP Atib E Dat E Note E Deia Detail Attrbute Da Motes aie Function amp fS Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2 Logical Files Counted all these detai Name ASSIGNMENT TYPE i a ASSIGNMENT TYPE m Data Group Type gt DG Type Result Source Description ASSIGNMENT Internal File ILF Information is required to be maintained for every GA CLIENTS DETAILS Derived Assignment i E Client Details C Extemal Interface EIF j E Client Assignment Notes Tuncerned C User Select H CONTRACTOR DETAILS H CONTRACTOR SKILLS E SKILLS DETAILS E G INVOICES of Work Tasks TMS Application Cina RETs Range _ Data Elements cross boundary not C Hio Ci G25 RETs ea 9 Technical Files Not Counted Enter Value Derived Complexity Result Source Assessment r DETs Range Enter Value Default G Low lt 20 20 50 gt 50 DETs fe Assessment Okene Milito Function Points Multiplier Multiplied FP Functions Notes Attributes IF 1 F Assign Contractor to Assignment Contractor Details with Total Hours worked Report Create Assignment Create Assignment Types Nelete dssinnment Tines Session Impact impact o 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Emple 7 Enhancement Type C Add Change Delete No Impact Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted C Release Reworked C
90. PE Project Sizing Software G Optional 6 Other Features and updates SCOPE 3 0 responds to your at your request e Hierarchy Details Report Function and Data The functional size of each process and data group are now right justified and totalled for each Hierarchy report e Import Count Sessions now as additional inbuilt intelligence that automatically determines the correct location of imported nodes e Online report flagged data FPs User Options choose either o report all the data which is linked to flagged functions OR o only report flagged data which is linked to flagged functions e Imports directly ALL FPW Versions imports all FPW FP data Most counts in less than a minute for all FPW versions 3 to 7 e Template Set Up Options Allows the user to select the order of the noun and verb to suit the grammar requirements of the language they are operating in see Reverse option Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 140 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope Overview of New SCOPE 2 2 Features 1 SCOPE now speaks your lanquage SCOPE 2 2 and SCOPE Viewer are now multi lingual You can choose the language for your screen displays messages and reports When installed SCOPE defaults to the language set by your operating system When you are running SCOPE you can change the language to the language of your choice including e English e Portugue
91. Release size for the project but can be selectively not applied when updating the Production Baseline count SCOPE Jets you decide which counts within a Release will be applied to the Baseline See Excluding Counts from Baseline Update 4 Reporting the Project aggregated size and Productivity Rate SCOPE reports the size of a projects Count Sessions in each Application impacted by the project It aggregates the sizes and determines the total project size and the project delivery rate PDR for the project in the Project Details Report This feature enables reporting and comparison of project productivity rates See SCOPE Report List and Project Metrics for ISBSG 5 Application Portfolio Metrics Reports SCOPE reports all sizes of all Releases and Count Sessions for all Applications in the Applications Portfolio This feature is available online and in hard copy Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 143 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope This feature enables you to view and compare Release sizes and Baseline Growth over time for all applications in unadjusted or adjusted function points See SCOPE Report List 6 New features in SCOPE Release 2 that will increase your productivity o Online Dynamic Reporting of Count Sizes Select the option on the status bar to dynamically report Baseline Size Reworked Size or Impacted Size for the Release or Session SCOPE displays at the bottom
92. Releases and select thel Import Icon SCOPE will prompt you to select the XML file where your count to be imported was saved The Application or Release will be then imported and inserted as the last Application or the last Release in the Release Group Use the down and up arrows to shift the imported Application or Release to your preferred position Import Export Trees and Parts of Trees _ Import and Exports Trees or Parts of Trees Import Export Whole Trees or Parts of Trees This feature allows you to import and export whole trees or parts of trees which make up your functional model of your software This is useful when you have e counted similar functionality in another application and you want to copy it over to this Release count to avoid re typing Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 80 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e made a generic list of assumptions in another count and you want to have access to them in this count e added in functionality in a previous Release but removed it as part of a de scoping activity and you want to put it back in again e created a generic attribute list and you want the common set of attributes applied to all your counts e had several different counters counting the same application and you want o merge their counts into a single functional hierarchy and data list Export a Whole Tree or Part of a Tree Locate your cursor o
93. SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Copyright Total Metrics July 2011 This text is also online www totalmetrics com http www totalmetrics com webhel p2 2 Scope htm Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 ii SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Table of Contents Getting Stante dicori area areias e a ered E a aac a aac a arene ANEETA EAA AEE ERA ARE 1 Stari SCOPE eeinetan i n eenaa a ae a aea a aa aaea 1 Step by Step your First Function Point Count ccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 2 Tutorial Using Sample SCOPE Database 0 ceceeeceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 4 Flash MEG AS ioiii sieniniai aiai edad iea e dada 8 SCOPE License Registration ceeeeecceeeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea 10 SCOPE SUD 00 d SAE 11 Overview SCOPE Features ccc cccccceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeeees 13 What is SCOPE asc eies cnecesiesieesslenns exec tesianss esas onoienduinssenndenccee stenadessdaxsseeneensdenecenennbe 13 Why Hierarchies esac ccii esas sree esce ws deepeeectaesin ects otencteestnesiaepuersteesteasiewlewctesaeestaestandes 14 Multi Lingual ies eects nets eosieieeesemsue oes eco pre ose ean ease Rert nearest es se beeeereubeseasdeieseecoreeseaecee 15 Multi User
94. Te 86 FPW database cceeeeeeeeees 86 Frene ierni 133 From Current Position 93 107 FSM e te 190 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 oD Ph ceascciesctiaay dee 56 FUNCHON wisteestyesdceiesasheniiesrkens 24 27 56 Function and Data Trees 27 Function Attribute cceee 93 Function Data cceteeutenieeeitvsie teeteaves 93 Function Hierarchy Tree 16 Function Notes 93 Function Point Analysis 185 Function Point Count Result Reports E a 93 Function Point WORKBENCH 86 Function Tree 56 Functional Components 186 Functional Size Measurement 190 FUNCHIONS sven nicieunssaeonceoncacrvents 16 56 G General Characteristics 00 75 GENMAN miiisiicciteniicciiveiiceivedans 130 133 Gold Padlock CON ie cs yecsvevesteeetties 62 MONS G Miiran tie ienaa eiiiai 65 Green Padlock Icon 2 008 62 ICY E 65 LC oO ere A E rerrentT ee 77 GSOS iiien eaer iaei 75 246 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 H Hierarchies wcicdeccatestscennendecnenenerencucines 14 Hierarchy Tree ccccceeeeeeeeeeees 121 Hierarchy Tree Reports 000 93 Hierarchy Trees 16 Holdi sensen 179 I IFPUG Terminology 2 0ceee 93 T E EEE E E 24 impact type sc cccccncwendwenesdnccdnendncnenckduens 65 Impact TYPeS ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 120 IMPOrtiiianninninnniinninnn
95. To globally flag multiple nodes right click on the parent node and select Flag Set All from the pop up menu In the Details view you can e See expanded details for the node you have selected in the tree view on the opposite side of the screen The fields displayed in the details will vary according to the type of node you have selected Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 117 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation e Edit these node details Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard navigation shortcuts Key s Action Left Arrow Select the node at the next highest level and collapse the current branch of the tree right Arrow Expand the current branch of the tree and select the node at the next level down the tree Up Arrow Select the next node up within the current branch of the tree Down Select the previous node down within the current branch of the tree Arrow Ctrl N Create a new SCOPE file Application Release or Count Session Ctrl O Open an existing SCOPE file Ctrl4S Save all changes to the current SCOPE file Ctrl P M Go to Report Selection List Double Opens a Release or Count Session when in the Applications List Click Left Mouse Opens the Details Screen for the current node in the opposite window when in Hierarchy Window Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 118 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation Keyboard Function Key
96. Tree how it was counted defaults used and the Change Request Count Sessions that impacted it Moving from FPW to SCOPE Enhancement Counts The following Commands in FPW are mapped to the similar commands in SCOPE Enhancement Counts Recording and Reporting Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 176 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 FUNCTION Identify which reate an Processes or Enhancement Project data groups are Count the command impacted by a o set the value of the change request Enhancement Type othe software depends on whether a ransaction or File is Reporting All ot available Function Point Counting Sessions for a Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Moving from FPW to SCOPE SCOPE Project Sizing Software ighlight Work in rogress Release open Count Session o assign change ype select nhancement Type see above status bar he Icon next to the Data Groups and rocesses mmediately change eports Count Session Impacted unctional Size OR view result online at the just above the status bar OR view result online Applications List eports Release mpacted Functional OMMENTS SCOPE eatures SCOPE records work ina ount Session by awarding an impact type to the new hanged or deleted Processes or data groups In the Details Screen view cumulative Session impacts recorded in ultiple sessions across the Release Project Cycle The iz
97. a t Supplier Productivity and Product Quality Assessment compared to Industry values Benefit The Scope manager provides an independent assessment of the supplier s performance and the development process Assistance in submission of the project data to the ISBSG Repository Contract Sign Off Conclusion The SCOPE Manager focuses on the effective management and control of the project and uses their metrics skills to provide objective evidence of their observations shifting the focus from measurement to project governance The Role of the SCOPE Manager in Project Governance The role of Project Governance is to balance the risk of the organisation s investment against the opportunities and benefits that the outcomes will provide the business It addresses the risks to ensure that the software provides value to the organisation and that the risks are properly mitigated For IT projects it is about providing the client with the capability to monitor the project status and control the risk of the project not delivering the business value they require within the time and budget available Project governance is about understanding the business opportunities that the project can deliver but also appreciating the consequences of failure and putting in place strategies to minimise the risk and optimise the investment so that business goals are achieved Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 215 SCOPE
98. a entry box for Assignment name is too small please increase to allow 100 characters Section 1 2 Create Assignment Session Impact 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Employer Legislation Change No Session Enhancement Type C Add C Change C Delete Nolmpact Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted C Release Reworked C Count Session Impacted Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 19 UFPs Total 25 UFPs 4a A Recording and Counting Files The Function Tree and the Data Tree are used to model the functionality delivered by the software that will be function point counted The Function Tree is where the Transactions Elementary Processes are recorded The Data Tree is where the Data Groups or logical files ILFs and EIFs are counted The Attributes Tree and Notes Tree are used for selective profiling and documenting the functionality see Types of Hierarchy Trees Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 29 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts HINT The second level of the Data Tree Data Group Level is the level at which Logical Files are inserted and function points are assigned to each Logical File If you do not wish to take the time to model your software then create a single Data Group Folder and just list your Data Groups Logical Files below it Recording Data Groups on the Data Tree Select the Data tab
99. ackage Implementations The project estimates for a package solution need to be refined for each implementation depending on the percentage of the project functionality which is e native to the package and implemented without change e functionality within the package which needs to be customised for this installation e functionality contained with the organisations existing applications which needs to be converted to adapt to the constraints of the package e to be built as new functions in addition to the package functions e to be built to as new functions to enable interfacing to other in house applications e not to be delivered in this release The productivity rates for each of these different development activities to implement customise enhance or build are usually different This complexity of assigning an appropriate productivity factor can be compounded when the package provides utilities which enable quick delivery based on changes to rule tables Change Requests which can be implemented by changing values in rule based tables can be implemented very efficiently compared to a similar user change request that requires source code modification It is recommended that these different types of activities are identified and effort collected against them accordingly so that productivity rates for the different activity types can be determined Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 219 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Backgroun
100. acy application baseline counts Pre requisites e average system documentation e data model if possible e access to system experts SCOPE and Level 4 Counts Use the Industry Default option when selecting the complexity of Processes and Data Groups in SCOPE Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 199 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Level 5 Rough Count A rough count includes the following e application boundary is defined e functional decomposition 3 4 levels only e transactions and data functions tallied from menus menu access paths file lists screen lists report lists application boundary e diagrams system interface documentation e assumptions documented in count report e count is recorded and reported using the SCOPE Project Sizing Software software repository tool Level 5 Rough Count Attributes Counts are e low detail e less accurate 20 25 e documented issues and assumptions e Skeleton on which enhancement counts can be built e needs to be refined over time Best suited for following count purposes e portfolio baseline assessment e benchmarking support ratios e as a baseline model for future enhancement project counting e cost effective for large legacy application baseline counts Issues e very efficient counting rates can exceed 750 fps per day e cost effective for large legacy application baseline counts whic
101. al Size of all Processes that access are Linked to the Invoice Data Group e Report the Functional Size of all Processes and data groups that are to be developed in the first version of the software i e are Linked to the Mandatory attribute e Report all the errors for the Invoice Processes that have been allocated a severity 1 rating All Notes Linked to the invoice Processes that have been Linked to the severity 1 attribute To set Links e Display two trees by clicking the appropriate tabs they must be different trees you cannot set Links within the same tree e Choose Link mode from the menu Trees Link or the Link Mode icon at the top of the screen HINT icon looks like a bent paperclip f Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 40 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e On the left side select the node you wish to Link from on the right side highlight the node you wish to Link to and click on the checkbox next to the node or nodes or press the space bar to set the Link A red tick is displayed in the linked node To display the trees on the opposite sides use the flip icon along the top of the screen and display the converse view Alternatively select Trees Flip Views menu or press CTRL Tab Hint If you are linking the same node to many nodes on other trees it is easier to locate the tree with the node to be linked on the Left side tree and use
102. al quantifiers to SCOPE Function Point Values SCOPE 4 0 has customisable numeric attributes that can be linked to the Process and Data tree Either use the inbuilt Numeric Attribute Templates provided or create your own Numeric Categories For example you can create new or customise existing numerical attributes by setting up e Different Project Delivery Rates PDR hours fp for different functional areas and SCOPE will calculate the effort hours to deliver the linked functionality e Earned Value reporting by assigning percentage complete to project functionality and SCOPE will calculate the earned value function points for management reporting e NESMA Enhancement Impact Factors and calculate the NESMA function points or set up your own customised impact factors Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 136 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope Pj fue fat Nose Node Yew Window Heip JB9aPCSDP sare FV GPR RRS RAGANA CHAAEOOCTESE fon P Toa Mckee Owtet ed Alte tate Oates B amp Function RETRS NO Aei 10Feb 2010 ETTET ETET amp RETRS HOME PAGE F Oevetogment Priority A Manage Links to Commision Website F Ustimated ton to Deliver Low Ustionate LBS tours EHort Required E amp Mange Sytem Security G hwwalIQEE rS Peoject Delivery Rate POR 354 FP 2848 Hours Etter Required A Marage Regutry Search Reporting Functions 2 Project Delivery Rate PDR 17
103. all the counts CLOSE CURRENT only closes the currently displayed count Save Save As Use this to either Save the file you have been working on or to save it in a different location and or with a different File Name SCOPE saves automatically at user controllable time intervals you can adjust the time interval or disable the Auto Save However if you are in a multi user environment using SCOPE Corporate then other concurrent users may elect to save the database including your data Compact Database Use this housekeeping function to manage the efficiency of SCOPE We recommend you compact the database routinely to ensure that the indexes to all SCOPE records are working efficiently SCOPE Online HELP Press F1 in any screen to access Help on any topic In order to view HELP your computer needs to connect to the Total Metrics WWW site SCOPE Help additionally provides search capability on Table of Contents Index and Glossary For more advanced help also view the SCOPE online Tutorials see http www totalmetrics com products SCOPE SCOPE Help and the Function Point Counting Expert System FP Decision Maker Starting Up SCOPE When you first run SCOPE the options of which SCOPE database is to be opened can be found under the File Menu In addition the File menu also contains a list of the most recently opened databases These are listed in reverse order above the Exit option Other options in the File menu are listed
104. ally derive process and data group complexity from these links to significantly reduce counting time and increase accuracy Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 163 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE o Hierarchal modelling of Data Notes and Attributes in addition to Functions and Elementary processes e Data SCOPE enables you to group your related data into Folders then within a folder sort them in any order you choose and decompose them and name them at Data Group ICF EIF RET and DET level and to link Processes Notes or Attributes at any level SCOPE models the Data hierarchically into its RETs and DETs Processes can be optionally linked to DETs RETs and Logical Data Groups for greater accuracy of recording and easy auditing e Notes SCOPE allows any comments or Notes to be grouped into SETS which can in turn be decomposed in a similar way to a Table of Contents Notes can be of any length and arranged and re arranged and sorted in any order For importing your specification just copy the list and import directly from an EXCEL spreadsheet e Attributes SCOPE also models Attributes key words labels into Categories as hierarchical trees Attributes are not mutually exclusive i e Processes can be assigned more than one Attribute within a Category Data can also be linked to Attributes o One step one mouse click linking of any Process Data Group Note or Attribute label withou
105. and Duration industry Productivity Approval Data Reality Check on Project Estimates Benefit Sea eian The scope manager independently determines pecincation the project size and effort cost and schedule estimates based best practice Industry experience Requirements Specification Stage As part of the functional sizing process the User s Requirements need to be decomposed into individual functions within a functional model Each function process and data group is identified catalogued and sized The cataloguing and modelling process often highlights gaps in the Requirements Specification i e where functions have failed to be specified or have been specified inadequately inconsistently or ambiguously The SCOPE Manager is in a unique independent position to view the project how the external developers may see it The SCOPE Manager s experience with sizing functional specifications enables them to identify areas that may have been overlooked by the project team and provide objective feedback on the quality of the specification For example they can mark up the functional model for functionality that has been explicitly specified or only implicitly Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 208 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size specified and quantify the percentage of each The functional size is still only an estimated range as the complexity of many fu
106. arative performance reporting and trends analysis The standalone module is ideal for organisations that need to report productivity and quality metrics based on functional size but do not need the full function point counting repository capability of SCOPE At the press of a button you can email your selected D amp E projects and M amp S applications data submission to ISBSGs for their repository 2 IT Performance Reporting SCOPE provides full online and print reporting of productivity quality and size metrics both as tabular data and interactive pivot charts Select to report by Work Package Count Session Project Release Application and or Period Customise the inbuilt reports or add your own to the report template and interactively include and exclude displayed data from your graphs Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope PDR Delivery Rate hrs fp vs Project Size fps 3 Web Enabled Business Analytics Portal for Industry Benchmarking A Scope Connect SCOPE CONNECT subscribers can utilise the latest technologies and frameworks of the semantic web to identify integrate query and visualise their metrics data SCOPE CONNECT portal provides drill down reporting and dynamic filtering of the ISBSG database to enable you to slice and dice your own metrics data to benchmark against relevant Industry projects 4 Apply numeric
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108. are measurement such as counting lines of code and or other physical objects This capability to measure early enables accurate estimates to be made risks to be evaluated and project SCOPE to be negotiated before final commitments are made FSM also enables comparison of applications and projects based on their size Productivity rates for applications of a similar attribute profile can be compared for benchmarking support ratios and improvement purposes Productivity rates from Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 192 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size past projects can also be used to predict effort once a project s Functional Size has been determined SCOPE supports the rules of the Functional Size Measurement method ISO IEC 20926 2008 standard IFPUG Unadjusted and the IFPUG Function Point Analysis Method CPM 4 3 This technique is often referred to as IFPUG Function Point Analysis or FPA Function Point Counting Expert System FP Decision Maker is a free online tool within SCOPE that helps you answer your function point counting problems by prompting you with the IFPUG Rules and asking you to confirm if it is applicable to the current case This tool was developed by Pam Morris who was an IFPUG CPC member for 7 years and co author and reviewer of IFPUG 4 0 to 4 3 We recommend that you use the FP Decision Maker any time that you are unsure how to count a p
109. ased on the number of function points impacted and the stage at the life cycle when the change was introduced The government policy underpinning this approach is called Southern SCOPE More information is available at http www egov vic gov au victorian government resources e government strategies victoria southernSCOPE southernSCOPE avoiding software budget blowouts html e Where maintenance and support includes defect repairs and very minor enhancements e Capers Jones Applied Software Measurement Assuring Productivity and Quality McGraw Hill Software Engineering series 1991 Chapter 3 Page180 FPA Uses and Benefits after Software Implementation Planning Support Resources and Budgets The number of personnel required to maintain and support an application is strongly related to the application s size Knowing the Functional Size of the application s portfolio allows management to confidently budget for the deployment of support resources The following figure demonstrates this relationship as demonstrated within an Australian financial organisation The average maintenance assignment SCOPE number of function points supported per person for this organisation is 833 function points per person The assignment SCOPE has been found to be negatively influenced by the age of the application and the number of users i e as both these parameters increase the assignment SCOPE decreases 12Capers Jones figures show s
110. at the same time In order to have Reporting of Size across your Software Portfolio you have to have a central Repository of Counts We would recommend that you set up a Master SCOPE database file and have an administrator manage its configuration such that Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts on a regular basis it is updated by the completed approved Releases and their Count Session Performing a Function Point Count Setting up the Count Types of Trees in the SCOPE Model The four types of Trees in SCOPE e Function trees display Functions and Processes that can be performed by the software applications This is where you hierarchically functionally decompose an application s functionality e Data trees display data groups RETs and DETs This is where you map out the projects data e Structures in hierarchical form e Attribute trees represent the characteristics of the Functions Data and Notes and are the conditions that are used for selective analysis e Notes trees hold text information related to nodes in the other trees Function and Data trees contribute to the functional size whilst Attribute and Notes trees do not directly contribute but add valuable documentation and demographic information during profiling and analysis Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 24 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing
111. at is possible given the time cost and resource constraints of the project Evaluating Requirements Functionally sizing the requirements for the application quantifies the different types of functionality delivered by an application The function point count assigns function points to each of the function types External Inputs Outputs and Inquiries and Internal and External Files Industry figures available from ISBSG Repository for projects measured with IFPUG function points indicates that complete applications tend to have consistent and Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 228 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size predictable ratios of each of the function types The profile of functionality delivered by each of the function types in a planned application can be compared to that of the typical profile from implemented applications to highlight areas where the specifications may be incomplete or there may be anomalies The following pie chart illustrates the function point count profile for a planned Accounts Receivable application compared to that from the ISBGS data The reporting functions outputs are lower than predicted by industry comparisons Incomplete specification of reporting functions is a common phenomena early in a project s lifecycle and highlights the potential for substantial growth creep later in the project as the user identifies all their reporting
112. ays Each Type of report is used for a different purpose and has a different SCOPE of functions included in the Size The types of SCOPE reports are as follows 1 Release Baseline Functional Size 2 Release Impacted Functional Size 3 Release Reworked Functional Size 4 Count Session Impacted Functional Size The type of report can be selected at the time of reporting Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 99 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting 1 Release Baseline Functional Size Reports the Net size of the Release after all the impacts from the Count Sessions have been applied Although the functions marked as deleted are displayed on the screen these deleted functions will be excluded from the reports and the calculated net reported size The Baseline Release Functional Size for a Work in Progress Release will be the same as the size that will be reported in the Production Release after it is used to update the Production Release This size measures the total amount of functionality that is delivered to the User by the application and will be supported Note In IFPUG CPM terminology this report would be equivalent to the Application Baseline Size Production Release or the Development Project Size WIP Release 2 Release Impacted Functional Size Reports the aggregated size of the Count Sessions listed under the selected Release It is the total size of this Work in Progress Release and
113. bels as well as project and application details imports ALL versions of FPW Comparison to FPW e FPW only imports VAF process and data group data from its own template Excel spreadsheets but any descriptions for the processes or Notes documenting the count are not able to be imported from the Excel template spreadsheet without manual copy and pasting of text e FPW is not able to import any data from SCOPE Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 160 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE 7 SCOPE can be used by Novices SCOPE has a modern Windows 7 standard intuitive interface which optimises the use of Windows shortcuts and function keys All the key components of a count Processes Data Notes and Attributes have been modelled to behave identically so that once the User learns to maintain link and report one component which is similar to the way MS Explorer works they can effectively use all SCOPE functionality SCOPE Viewer has proven that Users who have no function point knowledge or FP tool experience can effectively review counts and run reports in SCOPE Comparison to FPW e FPW uses different structures concepts rules and function keys for each of the count components transactions files notes and labels and requires the user to learn each set of unique commands to maintain each type of count component 8 SCOPE is more cost effective when recording counts SCOPE was d
114. ct Details and all the function point metrics to ISBSG see Benchmark Metrics Note ISBSG can accept XML input since January 2011 Projects Overview The Project List lists the software development or enhancement projects that have had User Requirements that change the functionality delivered by the software applications in your SCOPE database See Link Projects to Count Sessions a W Linking Counts to Projects Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 69 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts The Project Details Report includes the size of each of the Count Sessions that are linked to the Project and a total functional size for the project It also reports the Project Delivery Rate PDR in hours per function point and the dollar cost per function point for the Project This information is also reported online in the Project List by selecting either Project Delivery Rate or Project Impact Size radio button Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 70 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts proiect Settings Pines rr Details Environment Effort Defects Cost Experience Comments Effort JV Effort includes Development team Effort includes Computer Operations Effort includes Development support Effort includes End Users IV Effort includes Planning IV Effort includes Unpaid Time Activities I
115. cularly useful for SCOPE Corporate multi user environments when multiple users can maintain a count 3 Snapshot a Project and all its Count Sessions SCOPE 3 0 allows you to select a Project on the Project List to Snapshot into its own database The new database will only include the Project s related Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 138 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope Count Sessions for all the Applications impacted by the project This new function is similar to the existing Snapshot Count function but it exports all the counts assigned to the Project into a single new database Allows a counter to create a single database with just their projects impacted counts so they can be worked on as a project group Other users reviewing the project count can be shown only the Count Sessions relevant to their project 4 Automatically Saves your data at user defined intervals SCOPE will automatically save your data at prescribed time intervals to avoid you losing critical changes when experiencing power or network failures If you would like to manually control the save option then just select to change the frequency of the save or disable it under User Options 5 New Hierarchy Style Function Point Count Details all on a single Report The new Hierarchy FP Size Attribute Summary Reports combines the Process Hierarchy and Data Hierarchy into a single repo
116. d and Articles on Functional Size The functions can be Flagged for their development activity type and their relative contributions to the Functional Size calculated This will enable fine tuning of the project estimates Another area of concern when developing estimates for package integration is the need to determine the extent that the application module needs to interface with existing functionality The function point count measures the External Files accessed by transactions within this application A high percentage of interface files gt 10 suggests a high degree of coupling between this application and existing applications A high degree of interfacing tends to have a significant negative impact on productivity rates and needs to be considered when developing estimates Summary Function Point Analysis is a technique that until now has been restricted within many organisations to only be used for better estimating or input into benchmarking productivity rates The above examples illustrate a wider range of uses where it can contribute to the better management and control of the whole software production environment e International Software Benchmarking Standards Group ISBSG is an international group of representatives from international metrics organizations who collect project data from countries including Australia Austria Canada Denmark Germany Hong Kong India Japan New Zealand Norway Poland United Kingdom
117. d have Attributes such as e Complete e Incomplete or e Not Specified Each software Process could be selectively characterised for priority and Specification Quality and then the relative size of each attribute grouping or the combined attribute grouping determined using the Filter Mode function E g Mandatory High Priority functionality can be selected and analysed separately and found to be 100 function points of a total of 150 function points If the Attribute Complete is also included in the Filter then the selection is reduced to be only 75 function points That is of the Mandatory High Priority functions only 75 functions points of the total 100 functions points have a Complete specification SCOPE enables more than one attribute within any Category to be Linked to any single node on another tree E g a Process may exhibit the characteristics of more than one Attribute in the same Category and Linked to them all For example if you Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 18 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features had a category called Country Installed and it had attributes called USA Europe Australia Japan f a process was planned to be implemented in all countries then it could be linked to all attributes A process can be linked to attributes on one or many categories For example this allows you to report the Functional Size of the Mandatory H
118. d new as part of the count You can use this feature to fix up a baseline i e Create a count called Fix up Baseline then add in the processes and data groups that you believe should have been included Have your new nodes checked then delete the Count Session but un select to Delete Added these nodes will remain in your Baseline but not be recorded as part of the Release If you select to delete the Deleted processes and data groups then SCOPE will remove all nodes marked as deleted This is a useful way to clean up a hierarchy i e create a Count Session called Clean up then mark all processes and data groups that need to be removed to make the count correct Have someone validate your decision then select to delete the Count Session called Clean up All the nodes marked as deleted will be removed from the hierarchy See also Import Export Count Sessions Merging Databases Import Export Counts within a Release SCOPE will allow you to merge data created in different databases by exporting the data from one database into a saved file which can be imported into the same or different database and merged with the existing data From the Applications List select the horizontal arrow icons to export lel and import bel Applications can be exported imported with all their Releases Counts related Projects and Benchmarking data Releases can be exported imported with all Counts related Projects and Benchmarking
119. d your Company or Organization Name and the SCOPE Serial Number Note each of these fields has been supplied with your software or by your supplier into the dialogue boxes provided 3 Use the example SCOPE databases under the SCOPE Directory Databases to explore the functionality provided by SCOPE SCOPE records the project data entered by you within a single database consistent with a Microsoft ACCESS format SCOPE database files are stored as fpa files Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started If Total Metrics provides you with an updated serial number for a new version of SCOPE software then you can update it by selecting Change Registration Details under Help on the main menu Step by Step your First Function Point Count To download and print these instructions click here 1 Select to lt New gt under lt File gt and enter the File Name of your new SCOPE database e g MySCOPEdatabase fpa 2 From the Application List displayed select ES to add a new Application and type in the Application name of your count e g Customer Information System Once created highlight the Application name expand and highlight the Work in Progress Release branch 3 Counts are recorded under Releases for an Application Select to ES to adda new Release of the software application and name it e g Release 1 0 of Customer Information System K ws 4 Anew cou
120. data Count Sessions SCOPE will allow you to export a selected Count Session to be imported later into another Release within either the same SCOPE database file or a Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 182 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE different database This is essentially a merge option where SCOPE merges the imported Count Session into the Release so the Release now reflects the latest impacts and the imported Count Session becomes one of the Counts for the Release See Import Export Count Sessions Tracks Rework for Enhancement and Development Projects a Set Up Multiple Counts for Same Release SCOPE also enables multiple counts to be performed on the same functional model throughout the development life cycle As a new function is added and subsequently changed several times at different stages of the life cycle SCOPE tracks the rework It is able to report the net impact the net result of the delivered software and the cumulative size of the rework SCOPE records an audit trail of all tree nodes of who created the node and who changed it with dates times and user names See Audit Trail of SCOPE Changes See also Types of Functional Size Reporting Detailed Recording of Data Groups Counting Logical Files SCOPE allows you to create a detailed hierarchical model of your data as well as your functional processes You can e group your related Data Groups
121. ded from the fixed price The SCOPE Manager identifies which of the User s Requirements will consume effort and therefore costs that are proportional to the overall functional size and which will not and thus be excluded from the fixed price For example documentation of Project Deliverables is proportional to functional size and would be included within the fixed price per function point In comparison research and acquisition of hardware is not and should be quoted separately Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 209 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Clients Project Metrics Based Project Activities Governance Activities Requirements gD ee Assessment Functional Analysis Specification amp Refinemen Requirements Functional Size unctional Model Catalogued ist of each Requirement and its size Tender Benefit Evaluation The Scope manager develops an independently reviewed quantified traceable list of requirements for ongoing scope management Supplier Selection Stage The early ballpark estimates of projected effort duration and cost based on functional size enable the client to objectively evaluate the reasonableness of the supplier s proposed quotation and solution This mitigates the risk of selecting the supplier based on the lowest price and promised fastest delivery who would potentially have the greatest risk of failing to deliver the
122. displayed Release If you select No Session then the Release model will not allow Impact Types to be displayed or recorded Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 120 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation HINT If you need to fix up a baseline count for missing functionality then select No Session and make your changes so that they will not be recorded as part of a count session and add to the size of your current projects If you have opened the Release model by selecting to open a Count Session then you can display and record Impact Types for that particular Session You can open a particular Count Session at any time by selecting the name of the Session from the pull down menu list If you are located on a node that has been impacted by another Session for this Release then SCOPE will display the list of Sessions that impacted the node with Impact Type for each session in the Node s Details view An alternative way to change the Count Session currently displayed is to select File Project and Applications List and select to Open another Count Session Building Trees Building Hierarchy Trees To build a tree of any type you generate nodes and rename them The type of nodes that you can enter at any point depends on the tree and the level within the tree The root node is Level 0 the Hierarchy Tree can be decomposed to n levels e High level nodes Levels 1 or 2 e
123. dit capability of all changes to counts Moving from FPW to SCOPE Saves significant time therefore dollar costs for an auditor to review a count and for another counter to maintain a count since count decisions are easy to record view and maintain Saves time and costs of audits and recounts by providing an online mentor on counting queries Tracks Author and date when all count details were modified including comments Fully searchable so you know what changed and when and who made the change Detailed Comparison SCOPE 4 0 and FPW7 1 SCOPE maintains the Integrity of the Count Repository SCOPE s unique configuration control capability enables it to manage the individual functional sizing of concurrent Change Request Projects Enhancement Counts ensuring other counts are not overwritten when updating the master Application counts Production Releases This feature enables a project manager to size multiple change requests on the work in progress release and track the impact of each individual CR s count on the overall release baseline The aggregated collection of counts can then be automatically combined to update the Production Baseline Release This reflects real life where many different business initiatives make changes to an Application within the same time frame Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 155 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE
124. e a fie Assign Contractors to Assignments Ea Manage Assignment Types ap Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 6 O08 Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 D id amp Xe lt PT tr PRIRRAGIRRER CAd J SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 191 FPA Fun A Atte B Data E Note E Deta E Detail JP Atribute Data E Notes amp Oo Logical Files Counted all these details can be imported fron Gf ASSIGNMENT TYPE Ag ASSIGNMENT f A CLIENTS DETAILS fe CONTRACTOR DETAILS E CONTRACTOR SKILLS a SKILLS DETAILS c OEA INVOICES Create Assignment Types p Modify Assignment Types p Delete Assignment Types gt View Assignment Types e List Assignment Types op List Contractors for Asignment W Manage Contractors tj Manage Skills file Manage Clients No Session S Enhancement Type Calculate FP Size Ready E Work Tasks TMS Application H H Data Elements cross boundary not stored H Technical Files Not Counted C Add Change Delete t C Release Impacted Release Reworked C Count Session Imp Function 6UFPs Data 19UFPs Total 25 UFPs Release Baseline To record how each Function or Process uses the data groups display the Function Tree on the LH screen and select Link Mode See Linking Trees Display the Data Tree on the RH side and click on the box next to the Data Node name A V displays to record that you have set the Link SCOPE assumes by default tha
125. e When in No Session changes are not tracked See Also Count Sessions Projects Link Projects to Count Sessions Linking Counts to Projects D Set Up New Count Enhancement Count A project can be associated with one or more Count Sessions for one or more Applications Select to link a Count Session to a particular Project either by e Selecting the Project List Tab on the Project and Application List Screen highlight the Project and select Add Count Session the Applications List will display all the available Count Sessions Highlight the Count Session you want associated with the Project and Select e When editing the Details for a Count Session in the Count Session Details screen select the Project from the Project List option Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 68 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Project Metrics for ISBSG A D orting Data to ISBSG The project characteristics and metrics data effort cost duration etc can be entered into SCOPE for later use in productivity analysis These characteristics and metrics are consistent with those required by the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group ISBSG see WWW ISBSG org for input into their repository To Print Project Details Highlight the Project select hl Report Benchmark Marking Details Project Details gt Exportto ISBSG v Under the Benchmark Metrics Tab select to export Proje
126. e Impacted Size C Release Reworked Size C None Close Highlight the Release and select to fll a new Count Session In the details screen for the Count Session if the Count Session is associated with a particular project then select the project name from the list See Project List When you have completed the details highlight the name of the Count Session and Open either by double click or selecting the Open Icon Count Sessions are used to record e the functions delivered by a new Development project or e if the software exists to register the impact of an Enhancement project s Change Requests on a Release of your software application Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 67 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts The Function Tree displays on the main screen when you Open a Session You can display the main screen with the Function Tree at any time by selecting Home or under File Project and Application List menu and then selecting the Ft Session HINT If you want to track the impact of a Change Request Development or Enhancement Project Function Point Count then highlight your selected Release and Add a Count Session and its details If you just want to make changes without the changes being tracked then when you open the count on the Tree Screen bottom left hand side and select No Session from the drop down list of the names of available Sessions in the Releas
127. e SCOPE database file kpplication and Project List s E BET Application List Project List Benchmark Metrics Assignment Management System View some Example Counts here Computer Control Automated System Example Case Study H Time Recording System Example CFPS Exam Case Study Answers Unadjusted Function Point Count f Release Baseline Size C Release Impacted Size C Release Reworked Size C None Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 57 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts SCOPE can store the functional models of different versions of a software application known as Releases Releases are listed under each application in one of three predefined groups depending on the status of the Release See Releases Overview Set up a New Application B Set Up a New Application Create a new Software Application Select menu home option to view the Application List or select File Project and Application List from the main menu Locate your cursor at the top of the tree on Applications Portfolio and select E to create a new Application Enter the new software application name and descriptive details Expand the Release trees for your new application name by clicking on the beside the application name Modify Software Application Details Highlight the Application you want to modify Select t
128. e complete and the Release has been put into production by the development team you need to update you baseline count so it reflects the size of the implemented software In order to Update your Baseline Count for the Application you need to locate your i cursor on the Latest Release in WIP open green padlock and then select the Icon Update to Baseline SCOPE will create a new Baseline Count under the Production Release Branch under the Application When you select to Update to Baseline you will be prompted to select to Hold Over or Exclude Counts from the Update Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 51 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts In the new Baseline Count SCOPE automatically o removes any processes or Data Groups that have been identified as being Deleted o includes in the new Baseline size the New processes and Data Groups o includes in the new Baseline size the final result of the Changed processes and Data Groups During the updating process SCOPE removes all the history of the Count Sessions i e which Count Sessions impacted which processes and Data Groups and just creates a Baseline Count that represents the Net Result after all of the Count Sessions for the selected WIP Release have been applied The new Baseline Count in Production now has a gold padlock and it is locked This indicates that it represents the very latest Production Release Count and that the
129. e of the current Enhancement Count Session is automatically displayed above the status bar in FP Size and Count Session Impacted SCOPE allows you to report he impact recorded just for his selected count session for the Release All reports are viewable online or a summary value is dynamically calculated on he screen and in the Project and Applications List All eports can be exported to S WORD MS EXCEL or TML SCOPE Reports the mpacted functions for all ount sessions for this 177 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE OR view result online at the just above the status bar OR view result online n Project and Applications List Only available in Reports the net effect of the printed or published Adds and Changes emoves the Deleted unctions OR view interactively pnline Release Baseline as you ake changes see Moving from FPW to SCOPE Profiling Results using Labels The following Commands in FPW are mapped to the similar commands in SCOPE Profiling the Functionality for Analysis and Reporting using Labels Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 178 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 FUNCTION Create Labels Linking Labels View Combinations of Labelled Processes Function Point WORKBENCH Create Labels Select Tables Global Tables Global List System Use Add Select Link Labels whilst in a Transaction Only links to Transac
130. e updated by the Processes in AMS In comparison the Notebook Icon next to CLIENT DETAILS indicates that this is an External Interface file and only read by the AMS Processes Highlight the Data Group CLIENT DETAILS and Right click the mouse to change the Access Type for the Data Group from Read Only to Update Notice the change of the Icon The orange colour of the ASSIGNMENT Pen Icon is showing that this Data Group was recorded to be changed within this Count Session Highlight the ASSIGNMENT Data Group and double click or select the Detail Tab along the top of the Left Hand Screen to show the Details screen for the ASSIGNMENT Data group Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 6 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Select the Function Tab along the top of the Left Hand Screen to show the Function tree again Select the Notes Tab along the top of the Right Hand Screen to show the Notes linked to the Create Assignment Process Place your cursor on the top node and use the Trees Expand Level 4 tool button a to expand the Notes trees The red J in the check box indicates that this Note is accessed by Create Assignment Expand the Specification Cross Reference Node and select the first linked Note Section 1 2 Create Assignment and double click to display the Detail tab for this note on the LH side to show the text describing the functional requirements for this Process Select the Funct
131. ecycle Projects often impact the same functions multiple times in project lifecycle l e new functions or data groups may be added by the project then changed several times or even deleted at the Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 159 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE users request SCOPE has the unique capability to track this rework It is able to report cumulative size of the rework in addition to the net functionality delivered the net result of the delivered software SCOPE also records the counters name date and time of the creation and modification of all the count processes and data groups and allows changes to be searched on name or date of change Comparison to FPW e Whilst FPW does report rework it does not enable concurrent counts for the same release and it is not able to record or display online for each process and data group the extent of rework FPW does not record and interactively display situations where the same process or data group is changed several times within a release by different counts or subsequently deleted in a de scoping exercise 6 SCOPE makes it easy to upgrade from other tools SCOPE can be downloaded from the Total Metrics WWW site and installed in minutes You can import your historical count data into the SCOPE structure from e EXCEL spreadsheets e Function Point WORKBENCH all count details transactions data groups links notes and la
132. ed upon any other release version including a Work In Progress Release Typical usage would be to store a snapshot of a release at any point in time Versions within Other Releases cannot be used to update the baseline If you want to use a release in Other Releases to update the baseline then create a New Work in Progress Release based on the selected Other Release then ensure it has Update Rights Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 61 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts See also Set Up a New Release Set up a New Release Y Set up New Release In the Application List screen GY select the type of Release you want to measure e If your software already exists and you want to develop a baseline model Application Baseline Count then select Production Releases and Ea anew Release and its details The Icon for this new release is an open gold padlock indicating that it is the latest release and can be edited has update rights see Software Applications e Ifthe software application model is already recorded in SCOPE and you want to measure the impact of a user Change Request on the software Enhancement Project Count then select Work in Progress Releases branch under the Application e If any Work in Progress Release has the update rights i e its Icon is an open padlock then this is the release that is currently being sized for different change requests Select th
133. ed versus planned and consumed Effort and schedule Quantify User Acceptance Test Case coverage against functional List Revise Strategy Project Implementation Benefit The Scope manager provides an independent assessment of Project status by quantifying percent complete versus resources consumed On project completion the SCOPE Manager quantifies and maps the functionality implemented versus functionality contracted to be delivered for input into final payment negotiations This enables the client to verify against the traceable list of requirements which functions have been satisfactorily delivered The quantification of the delivered functionality enables objective discussions on payments due The SCOPE Manager provides advice on the project metrics to collect analyse and report and ensures that they are consistent with the organisations internal standards or those of ISBSGs The SCOPE Manager can assist with the submission of the project data to the ISBSG repository and provide an independent assessment of the developer s productivity and product quality Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 214 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Clients Project Metrics Based Project Activities Governance Activities ISBSG Industry Project Revise A Strategy Data Repository Project Implementation t Validation collation analysis and submission of Metrics Dat
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135. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 27 N Negotiating SCOPE 226 new Measurement 0eeeeee 23 New Project ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeees 74 new Release eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeees 64 NOT Apply ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeees 179 NOT Filter ssicssicccestsdscrecssssneniasscanee 104 Note Sets cccccccceeeeeeeessseseceeeeeeeees 16 No lt 5 4 16 24 36 Notes Attribute eceeeeeeeeeeeeeee 93 Notes Data ccccccceeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeeees 93 Notes Function eceeeeeeeees 93 Notes Hierarchy Tree 16 Notes Tree isescccccncccncersesencaceqcnncetnines 48 248 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 NStall SCOPE wedi vii aise 235 Numerical Attributes 0000 38 0 OMNES E 109 Ongoing Project Monitoring 204 Online Reporting 0cceeeee 182 OR Filter grprrerrrerereererrrerer rere rte rer 104 Orah gE Reema prepa erento errr etme 65 Other Releases cceeeeeeeee 62 OUTS asiedssuedeeerteivecerieeteveulesdneayieautlen 24 CUTS niii nininini ia 186 P ParadoX sieisen iin iaeei seanina iinan 86 Paste Special cayicelernyiccceeeyicaveersiuennees 84 PDF pions a 110 Phasing Development 05 226 Portfolio Size cchcveiencl er taeeteriiertertianes 93 POMMQUCS Oss ccesievereutncdverveivanouaanse 133 Preview cissiccasdiseacdidecideacdidiaeasdis 93 107 Previewing and Printing Reports 107 IMIG ic cctesctoncctventiractherteactn
136. eeeeeeeennaeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 183 Extended Length for Names and Descriptions ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 184 Online and Print over 50 Different Reports ccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeees 185 Single Database File for Ease of Administration ceceeeeeeseeeeeeeeenneeees 185 Background and Articles on Functional Size ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeeee 187 Introduction to Function Point AnalySis cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeees 187 Background tee ce nce erica irc ete en essen esse eae ere aeaa e a n ea 187 Classification of Functional Components ccccceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeees 188 Identification of Functional Components eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaaees 188 Weighting of Functional COMPONENMS cc cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaees 190 What is Function Point Analysis FPA ceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaees 190 What is Functional Size Measurement ccceccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesenneeeees 192 Function Point Counting Expert SyStem cccccceeeeesesecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 193 Levels oF Function Point Counting oiacicccccotnecndacrdaendocuneundetsdtengatamaeniernesedetmomaetine 193 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 vii SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started
137. elease Baseline C Release Impacted Count Session Impacted gt vy vy viviv calculate FP Size Copy Links Only from another Node Release Reworked Toggle Set All Set All Update Clear All To Flagged Nodes Clear Flagged Nodes To Unflagged Nodes Clear Unflagged Nodes If you have already set up the links for a node and then realise that other nodes need the same links you can selectively copy just the links so that the other nodes can inherit some or all the links To do this highlight the source node i e it has the links you want to copy then select lt Copy Links gt from Edit under the Main Menu or use CNTR L Highlight the target node and select lt Paste Links gt from the Main Menu or use ALT L Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 43 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts A dialogue box displays to allow you to paste selected link types process attribute notes and data and to restrict the paste to the just the highlighted target node or choose to paste links to all its children i e from current position down The default lt OK gt pastes all link types just to the target node SCOPE Project Sizing Software SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 2 0 159 VER1 0 FPA File Edit Node Trees View Window Help aes ecs fs a feet ela Di deca Note E Deta Detail R Attribute EData Notes gt Fu
138. elease now reflects the latest impacts and the imported Count Session becomes one of the Counts for the Release Use this option to merge counts from one database to another if you just want to extract a count to work on it then to merge it back into the original database then use the Export Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 76 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Single Snapshot of Count Session or Release option by selecting Snapshot when highlighting the count This feature is useful under the following circumstances o Administrative Control of Your Counts i e you have a master database of SCOPE counts which is controlled by an administrator who wants to quality check all counts prior to them being applied to the master version of the Release HINT To do this Export the latest Release from Master into another temporary SCOPE database where a counter can create and work on their Count Session When the administrator approves the count it is then Exported from the temporary database and Imported back into the latest Release within the Master database o Multiple Counts to be completed Concurrently you have many Change Requests for Applications on the same database that need to be counted by multiple counters at the same time HINT To do this Export the latest Release from the Master Database to one or many temporary SCOPE databases where each counter will then create and
139. elects to exit the count or opens another Release in the same database SCOPE displays the name of the User currently working on a count Other Users can open and access any other Release in the Database that is not specifically Locked SCOPE Professional has all the features of SCOPE Corporate but operates in the same mode as previous versions of SCOPE and is ideal for organisations that prefer to store their SCOPE counts locally and only need single user access at any one time to the database Users can upgrade current licenses from SCOPE Professional to SCOPE Corporate to take advantage of having global accessibility to your counts Types of Hierarchy Trees SCOPE has four types of Hierarchy Trees two of which model the functionality to be delivered by the software and must be created in order to measure functional size these two are Function Hierarchy Tree models what the software does It has two levels of nodes 1 Functions record the functional areas into which the software s functionality can be decomposed 2 Processes record the lowest elementary work task that the software is required to complete This is the node level that is assessed for its function point weighting Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 16 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features Data Hierarchy Tree models the data that the software is required to store and access It has four levels of nod
140. elop an XML file format the ISBSG can accept for submission of projects into their database SCOPE enables you to record all Project Effort Defect and Environment attributes required by ISBSG for Industry benchmarking create your own Benchmarking Data sets of project or maintenance and support data grouped how you want them to be reported e select the Projects and Applications you want to send to ISBSG SCOPE removes any identifying information and allows you to view the extracted data prior to sending via email dynamic benchmarking against ISBSG datasets SCOPE Connect enables you to dynamically benchmark against ISBSG data that has been filtered to be aligned with data in your dataset Comparison to FPW e FPW does not support a Metrics Repository of Project and Maintenance and Support performance and quality metrics data for dynamic benchmarking and trends analysis 3 SCOPE maintains the Security and Confidentiality of the Data SCOPE s unique capability to synchronise and extract counts allows the Metrics Manager to select to Snapshot the Release Model to a separate database enabling counts to be e Validated before they are merged into the current baseline so as to avoid corrupting the master data repository e Private counts are only provided to other counters on a needs to know basis l e it allows the repository manager to keep the project size Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 158
141. ely recorded and functionally sized then select to Add a Count Session for each Change Request You can associate each Count Session with a Project Open the Count Session T to record the impact of the changes to the Release specific to the Change Request Each Work in Progress Release can have multiple Count Sessions recording their impact concurrently l e a Process or Data Group can be recorded as being impacted added changed or deleted by multiple Count Sessions When all changes to the functionality from the projects within a Release have been recorded on the Work in Progress Release model then it can be used to Update to Baseline If you highlight a Release that has update rights green open padlock and select paate to Baseline then all impacts recorded on the work in progress model are accepted and the net result is the new baseline version which is automatically copied into the Production Releases This is now the new Latest Release and it has the Update Rights where update rights are assigned to the Release that was the last to be changed i e the current version of the model against which changes can be made and these changes can be used to update the baseline Note you can manually select a Release to have the Update Rights by amp selecting it under Release Details Screen Other Releases This is an archive area for releases Any version of the application stored here is also editable and can be bas
142. ent Counting 0000 165 11 SCOPE counts are more understandable by the Business Users 166 12 SCOPE makes Count Results freely accessible ccceeeeeeeteeeeneees 167 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 vi SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Moving from FPW to SCOPE Types of Counts ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 168 Moving from FPW to SCOPE File Complexity cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeees 170 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Transaction Complexity eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 172 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Adding Transactions and Data cccceeeee 174 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Enhancement Count cccccccccceeecceeeeeeeeeeeeees 176 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Profiling Results using Labels cceeeeee 178 Key Advances of SCOPE over FPW ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeessenseeeeeeeeees 180 Advanced Ease of Use and Time Saving Data Entry eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 180 Advanced Configuration Control cccccccscscceccsccetnceeenstiencccctnectnnatnersscctnecmeeutneatauatnenboes 181 Merging Databases we cccicccc cscs ccsincetccedncadnendactbedetnotiededwcibadedactocdedcclndsbeddbcomboitiededives 182 Tracks Rework for Enhancement and Development Projects cceeeeeeeeeeees 183 Detailed Recording of Data Group ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
143. ents In the Report Selection Screen select the Output Format as 1 MS Word Ms Excel or HTML then saves the created document or spreadsheet 2 Preview the report using MS Snapshot Viewer and select to save the report to MS Office Image Writer or as an Adobe PDF format or send via Email you can also save the snp file using the save as option under Outlook Note The conversion of SCOPE reports from Snapshot Viewer format to MS Word and MS Excef uses an inbuilt MS Office Utility This MS Office utilities conversion function is outside the control of the SCOPE software and sometimes changes the layout of the report See also Report Selection and Sending SCOPE Reports via Email and Embedding SCOPE Reports into a Client Report Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 110 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Embedding SCOPE Reports into a Client Report Embedding SCOPE Reports into a Client Report If you want to have SCOPE reports embedded into another document then this can be done by either creating the SCOPE report in WORD or EXCEL and then inserting into a WORD document or alternatively creating the WORD report and saving it as a PDF file and then merging SCOPE reports into the PDF file See also Convert SCOPE Reports to Text Merging a SCOPE PDF file into another PDF File 1 Select to preview your report in SCOPE or if the Snapshot Viewer File has been saved double click to open t
144. er Links within the same tree e Choose Filter mode from the menu Trees Filter or by selecting the Filter Mode Icon from the top of the screen and then selecting the Boolean conditions Yes Or and No e Set the criteria in the right hand tree by setting selection conditions using either the Node menu or the toolbar buttons amp Yes Exclusive AND Filter Sets a Flag for nodes on LH Tree that are Linked to this node on RH tree When additional nodes on RH tree are selected then any set Flags are only retained on the LH tree if they are also Linked to the new selected nodes 9f Or Inclusive OR Filter Sets a Flag for nodes on LH Tree that are Linked to this node on RH tree When additional nodes are selected using then the previously set Flags are retained on the LH tree and any additional Linked nodes are also Flagged No Exclusive NOT Filter Sets a Flag for nodes on LH Tree that are NOT Linked to this node on RH tree When additional nodes on RH tree are selected then any previously set Flags are only retained on the LH tree if they are also Linked to the new selected nodes K Clear Clears all currently set Flags for this node amp Clear All Clears all currently set Flags for nodes under this parent Nodes that match the filter criteria on the left hand tree are Flagged You can save the Flagged nodes as a Flag set for future reference and cumulatively apply them to gain their agg
145. er Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts This CSV format is a very generic layout and this function may also be used to create Function Point Results for import into other software of your choice Export XML to a Metrics Repository Select Export to Metrics Repository XML from under Edit Export when you have a Release open SCOPE prompts you to name the directory and the exported XML file This export has been designed to export all the associated attributes and metrics calculated and stored within SCOPE for example it exports all the fields identified as being mandatory by the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group s ISBSGs project data repository SCOPE exports all the fields that are in the SCOPE Description and Summary Reports for the associated o Application o Release o Project o Count Session s If you are located at Release Level i e No Sessions are Open then Count Sessions Details will be exported If you have a Count Session Open within the Release then only that Count Session s Details will be exported Import Export Count Sessions D Import Export Counts within a Release Merging Counts within a Release SCOPE will allow you to i export a selected Count Session to be imported later into another Release within either the same SCOPE database file or a different one This is essentially a merge option where SCOPE merges the l limported Count Session into the Release so the R
146. es 1 Data Group Folders gt allows the cataloguing of Data Groups into folders for documentation purposes This level of grouping corresponds to the Function Groups on the Function Tree it is just used for modelling purposes and not considered for the function point count 2 Data Groups P record the logical groupings of data at the level of an entity or object This is the node level which is assessed for its function point weighting 3 Record Element Types RETs record the sub groupings of the fields to be stored within the Data Group 4 Data Element Types DETs record the fields to be stored within the data group If there are no sub groupings of fields i e no RETs then they may be recorded directly under Data Groups if they belong to a sub grouping then they are recorded under their related RET The other two Hierarchy Trees do not contribute to functional size instead they enable the functionality within the Function Hierarchy and Data Hierarchy to be annotated and dynamically grouped for analysis These other two trees are Notes Hierarchy Tree _ models related textual information that needs to be cross referenced to the software s functional and data nodes or attribute nodes Notes act in a similar way to a footnote or comment and provide annotation to other tree nodes The Notes Hierarchy has two levels of nodes 1 Note Sets record the names of the groupings
147. escription to print on your report header then just delete the text in the description box SCOPE allows you to preview and print your reports and export them to MS WORD or MS EXCEL or HTML You are also able to send the reports via email or in Adobe PDF format see Report Selection Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 108 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Tree eas el ne Ett soe beeeee Shenton P Antes B0 Bane A Function AMS frh fel 40 Asi 2000 b Vara Auugrmrest Forcier 18 BINS Dots 7i AAP Totu 254 Te Exporting SCOPE reports into MS Office WORD and EXCEL documents e Select lt Report Selection gt from under the Main Menu select the report you want to export and the format from the Report Selection dialogue box SCOPE will launch the selected MS application to enable you to view the report NOTE Before selecting to export a report of the same name to the same target MS Application a second time you will need to save the previous report with another name or close it See also Convert SCOPE Reports to Text Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 109 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Jdt ABest ST HG xt a et 4287 DFE D fotod P aa Tos p A Function AMS Orch fei 40 Asi 7019 Convert SCOPE Reports to Text There are several ways that you can convert the SCOPE reports to text format to be embedded in other docum
148. esigned by function point counters for function point counters to make counting fast effective auditable and well documented The key component to this objective was to have all features in SCOPE performed on the single main screen avoiding the time wasting tasks of navigating through overlapping multiple windows SCOPE displays all four count components Processes Data Notes and Attributes as Hierarchy trees such that the majority of any tree s nodes are visible AND readable on a single screen thus avoiding time wasted in scrolling vertically and horizontally to understand a functional breakdown The split screen display allows linking of a count components to be completed with a single mouse click without changing windows Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 161 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Data Notes and Attributes can all be hierarchically modelled and catalogued into folders to facilitate locating them and understanding their relationships when linking to a Logical Data Group or Note to a Process All branches within any tree can be automatically sorted in a sequence of the user s choice SCOPE has an MS Windows standard search and replace function enabling quick up and down searches to find any text in the name or description of any count component Process Data Note or Attribute SCOPE allows the counter freedom to use meaningful names and descriptions t
149. ess Releases branch under the new application in the temporary database o create a new Release based on an existing Release using the New Release function on the Software Applications List 2 In the new target Release create your New Count Session See Create a new Count Session 3 Open the new Count Session and make your changes and Save Export Count Session 1 Select Export Count Session either o under Edit Export on the main menu while you have the Count Session open o from the Software Applications List while you have the Count Session highlighted 2 SCOPE prompts you to name the Count Session file SCS and select the target directory for where it is saved Import Count Session Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 78 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts 1 Open the SCOPE Master Database and Import the Count Session into the Latest Release by selecting Import Count Session either o under Edit Import on the main menu while you have the Latest Release open o from the Software Applications List while you have the Release highlighted 2 SCOPE prompts you to select the Count Session file SCS and select the directory where it is saved See also Import Export Release and Export Single Snapshot of Count Session or Release Import Export Applications and Releases a ort Export Counts within a Release e Import Export Releases SCOP
150. est Release in SCOPE and is designated a Gold Lock Icon It is this Release that provides the baseline release on which future modifications are made Work In Progress Releases This is a copy of a functional model of the version of the software that is being worked on by the project team If the software is new then it may be the functional model of the first version of the software during its development If the software exists i e the application is in production then it may be a model copied from the Latest Production Release and being worked on by the project team for an enhancement project If the software to be counted is a new development project then record the count session by first setting up the Release as the first Release under Work in Progress Releases When the development project is complete use the Update to Baseline option to create the new baseline count in the Production Releases SCOPE creates a copy of the functional model for the Development project as a Production Release If you want to record the function point count for modifications i e changes in functionality to the software application by the project then set up a Count Session sa under the Work In Progress Release Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 60 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts If the Work in Progress Release is impacted by multiple change requests and each of these need to be separat
151. eubrantbaruentas 93 Process Transaction Verbs 33 PROCESSES eccanccentsnicadcnoonsiaiapniaasceasanns 16 Production Release 000 19 Production Releases 000 4 62 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Projet oisinn iari 72 Project and Applications List 102 Project Delivery Rate 0 72 Project DeTAUS ievenececivavecesteeeecestixawes 72 Project Details Report 20 72 Project Details Report 2 74 Project Development Count 2 Project Implementation 204 Project LS i csscetecnereetucetinetisneecntwnebeaony 72 R Ratih gcein iaaii 75 READ ONLY istictatininstaiectalsodeiscsenda 4 40 Record Element Types 0 16 References ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 232 Release Baseline Functional Size 99 102 Release Impacted Functional Size 99 102 Release Rework 2 ccccecceeeeeeeees 93 Release Rework Repot 2 65 Release Reworked Functional Size 99 102 Release Status ccceeeeeeeeeeeeees 62 Replace eeeeececeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 124 REPOM cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 93 110 Report Selection 00 93 109 249 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Reporting Selection ccccccce 24 Reporting the Functional Size in Function Points cccccceeeeees 102 FREDO S wsscunidnctidvancnsticumednariovanicns 111 182
152. f the project and if heeded could have prevented numerous project failures The act of measuring provides quantitative assessments of the quality and status of a project that is rarely seen by others and the measures we take give insights that can provide real benefits to the project team beyond just monitoring their productivity This realisation has caused us to change our approach and to focus on using the role of measuring to provide ongoing advice to the project whilst it is progressing We use the measurements to quantify our observations so our recommendations are now a Critical part of the project decision making Metrics experts observe and measure without any vested interest and as such provide unbiased and independent assessment of the project risk quality and status The measurement results support these observations As metrics consultants we had been confusing the measure with the goal Key objectives should not be the measurement results but successful software development projects Delivery on time and on budget with the right functionality is the true measure of the worth of metrics to a project To make measurement an integral part of the software development process we first have to make it relevant to the project s success This change of emphasis has meant that we are now perceived by our clients as providing project governance through the act of measurement and called SCOPE Managers not Metrics Consultants We
153. feedback to the user on the impact of the rework allows them to evaluate and prioritise change requests The cost of rework is often hidden in the overall project costs and users and developers have no means to quantify its impact on the overall project productivity rates Function point analysis enables the project manager to measure the functions that have been reworked due to user initiated change requests The results provide valuable feedback to the business on the potential cost savings of committing user resources early in the project to establish an agreed set of requirements and minimising change during the project lifecycle Managing Project Development FPA Uses and Benefits in Project Planning Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 226 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Project Scoping A recommended approach for developing function point counts is to first functionally decompose the software into its elementary functional components base functional components This decomposition may be illustrated graphically on a Functional Hierarchy The hierarchy provides a pictorial table of contents or map of the functionality of the application to be delivered This approach has the advantage of being able to easily convey the SCOPE of the application to the user not only by illustrating the number of functions delivered by each functional area but also a comparati
154. for Ust Assignment Contractors T Mata Whale Word Only 7 Name Manage Assignment Types Fedha Cane erate F Deccepton Create Assignment Types From Curent Posten Modity Assignment Types Cresnea ced Daw l amp Qtemerby List Assignment Types oi aden List Contractors for Asignment Type C Pannon amp Manage Contractors r Specty dates Workcare Status Report View Contractor Detads Modify Contractor Details Update Contractor Details with Total Hours worker Cortractor Details with Total Hours worked Report Customer Assignments and Hours Worked by Coed Load Historic Time sheet information into Ass Me aA Menina Contractors Sh AME 0012 Locatcn Vesse Changes 2 gt Enhancement Type Catoutete FP Suo Prenis Bassins C Anest ipod ar C Court Sereen inpected tao e on Dua 0 E Taai ranun All the nodes that satisfy the search criteria are highlighted and flagged Since the nodes are Flagged they can now be used to as a filter to e Selectively report just the flagged nodes e Selectively link to just the flagged nodes You can accumulate the flagged highlighted nodes by selecting to search on other criteria The new search results will add onto the previous search results so the flagged nodes accumulate To clear the flagged nodes select Clear All Flags from either the Search or Replace Dialogue box under Node on the Main Menu or selecting the Unflag Nested Ic
155. functional analysis functional decomposition is used to model the relationship between the transactions and the application as a whole The transactions are mapped onto a functional hierarchy of the application under the business activity to which they contribute Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 188 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size The following criteria is used where possible to check each task to determine if it is a unique elementary process logical business transaction It is counted as a unique logical transaction when e it has processing logic editing validation etc different from other similar transactions e it accesses a unique combination of fields and files e on completion it leaves the business in a consistent predictable state e itis user recognisable and definable e itis created by business requirements and not the technical requirements of the chosen solution e itis logically independent of other transactions although it may in some cases be triggered by another transaction e itis logically triggered by an external event e it achieves a business objective not a technical objective The technique of data modelling information engineering entity relationship diagramming is used to identify the data and the relationship between the data The data files are then mapped to the transactions on the hierarchy which access them Data files are logical
156. ght Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size the Value Adjustment Factor General System Characteristics and see the SCOPE summary function point count reports for the adjusted values The Function Point Analysis technique is used to assess the functionality delivered by software often called a function point count and a function point is the unit of measurement for the software functional size Classification of Functional Components Once all the functional components have been identified they are classified into types depending on the type of activity they perform for the user Transactions can be classified into three types e Inputs enable the user to input data into the software to be stored e e g Create Fault Record Input e Outputs enable the user to extract derived information from the software e e g Aged Faults Report Output e Enquiries enable the user to query stored data e e g Display Fault Details Inquiry Data Groups can be classified into two types e Internal Files store data input by the user transactions e e g Fault File Internal File e External Files store data accessed by the user transactions but not maintained by the users transactions e e g Account File External File where this file is maintained by another system Identification of Functional Components The technique of functional modelling
157. ght Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 133 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation Access Runtime location ji Snapshot Runtime location 4 Manual JE Program Files x86 Snapshot Viewer SNAPYVIEW EXE Toolbars at startup Mo aa as cema Sie eae oom m Status Bar lw Dynamic FP Calculation 3 Only Flagged Data Nodes used for FP Calculation m Node Name Insert Defaults S Use Last Inserted Node Name E Auto Edit Inserted Node Name 87 Double Click Displays Node s Detail Screen PETN Auto Save Momin m Language af Manual Select English z Username M i admin Cancel Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 134 Features in Versions of SCOPE Overview of New SCOPE 4 0 Features 1 SCOPE Metrics SCOPE Metrics is delivered with SCOPE Professional 4 0 and SCOPE Corporate 4 0 It can also be purchased separately as a standalone metrics module and used to record data for size effort defects and environment attributes for all your applications and projects The data fields are compliant with the collection standards set by the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group ISBSG for Development and Enhancement D amp E and Maintenance and Support M amp S metrics You can selectively assign Projects and or Applications to your customised Benchmarking periods for comp
158. ghted More Processes are Flagged m To report the Functional Size of just the Flagged items select the top node of the Function tree Function AMS ND Rel 1 0 March 2009 and then Report icon M and expand Function point count result and select report Baseline Release Functional Size Tick the check box for Select Flagged Nodes and then select to Preview the report This filters the report to display only the Flagged nodes for the Mandatory and Required Processes To toggle the Flags on and off use the ie option to clear the Filter selection and then option to reset To clear the Flags select the clear Flags Icon on the top menu All of the four types of Trees Function Data Attributes and Notes can be displayed on this screen Each tree type is identified by the Tab at the top of the screen and can link to any other Tree type displayed in the opposite side To display a particular combination of trees just select the appropriate Tabs Continue experimenting with the different ways you can Filter the data combining Filters across trees and within branches Each will give you a different profiled view of your Processes and Data If you want to create a new Release to try out your new skills then return to the Software Applications List See under File on the main menu Follow the instructions for creating a new Release see Create a new Release Flash Tutorials Most of the major functions and features w
159. ghted for revision before proceeding with the build If at this stage the functional size indicates that the project will cost more or be delivered later than planned then non core functionality is selectively removed from the project until the project size indicates that it can be delivered within the allocated budget and delivery dates If the project charging model is based on dollars per function point delivered the SCOPE Manager will work with the client and supplier to finalise the price variation model for changes that are approved during the remaining development l e typically penalties are paid for any function points added modified or deleted from this stage forwards The dollar amount charged is usually scaled to increase as the project progresses The outcome from the functional sizing and mapping exercise is Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 211 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size a traceable auditable quantified list of agreed functional requirements to act as a baseline for ongoing SCOPE management Clients Project Metrics Based Project Activities Governance Activities ormal Assessment Review of Specification Functional Specification Functional Analysis Quantify FRS match to Requirements RFT Budget and Schedule Constraints Refine Baseline Functional Size and Baseline Catalogue of Functions i inalise Cost and Schedule Estimates Advise on Cos
160. h have very little enhancement Pre requisites e summarised system documentation Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 200 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size e full time access to system experts for the duration of count SCOPE and Level 5 Counts Level 5 counts are done in SCOPE using the Multiplier in the Process Details and Data Group Details screen Level 6 Size Approximation There are various methods of approximating the functional size without counting all files and transactions Such methods are often used for portfolio estimation or as a basis for scheduling more detailed counts They are based on characteristics of the application which have been proven to have a strong correlation to size E g numbers of reports number of 3rd normal form tables number of support staff etc The size is estimated based on the answers to about 30 questions in a questionnaire Level 6 Size Approximation Description A size Approximation includes the following e size estimate reported in unadjusted and or adjusted function points e assumptions documented in report Level 6 Size Approximation Attributes Size Approximation provides a result that e has very little detail size results only e accuracy historically has been demonstrated to be within 20 e is not documented other than the completed questionnaire and a very brief report on the result e is not maintainable
161. hat best describes any of the count components and always displays the full name without truncation SCOPE provides further flexibility for ease of searching and linking by allowing the user to flip the dominant components from the left hand or right hand tree l e unlike FPW it is not driven from a fixed single directional left to right transaction tree view You can put the focus of the main window on any one of the Process Data Notes or Attribute Trees and then drive the count and the links from that view for ease of linking filtering and reporting Comparison to FPW e FPW s earlier style user interface requires the counter to navigate through multiple overlaying windows in order to complete a simple function such as linking a process to a new data group over the course of a large count this can add considerable more effort and cost for a count e FPW limits all exposed key fields to 8 and name fields to 32 characters Longer names are truncated when displayed in boxes In order to see the names without having to highlight the box or increase display size counters waste valuable time compacting and truncating the specification names used by the business to fit them within space constrained by FPW s pre sized boxes Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 162 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE e FPW displays all count components other than processes as a flat list The disp
162. he snp file 2 From File in the main menu select Print and select the printer as Adobe Note you need to have the Adobe Distiller software previously loaded 3 Check Adobe PDF settings and ensure that Do not send fonts to Adobe PDF is unselected Select Print and select the directory for the location of the saved PDF file Open Adobe and from main menu and select Create PDF Select from the option for Multiple files oe ON Select to Add files using the browse option select one file at a time if a particular order is required in the finished PDF file oo Select OK to create the aggregated PDF file 9 The SCOPE Count Reports have now been appended to the client report as a PDF file 10 Client report is now ready to be created as a PDF file Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 111 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Merging Annotating and Searching SCOPE Reports If you have MS Office 2003 or later you can select to Preview the Report in the Report Selection screen and then when it displays in Snapshot Viewer select to Print the Report to the printer called MS Office Image Writer MS Office Image Writer will open and then allow you to e Annotate the Report e Insert text boxes e Merge this report with other SCOPE reports or other documents e Search for specific text select Tools Recognize Text for OCR See also Convert SCOPE Report
163. he 5 15 gt 16 Range FTRs Range Enter Value High e Ma en gt 3 pees E C Derived Function Points Multiplier Multiplied FP r Display Links To C Data J Notes Attributes je fi e Applicaton crashes whenever you select the Assignment type CR001 Add new field Daily Rate for Assignments Data entry box for Assignment name is too small please increase to allow 100 characters Section 1 2 Create Assignment Session Impact 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Employer Legislation Change Created Unknown Modified Monday April 18 2011 12 07 07 By admin Multi User SCOPE Corporate SCOPE Corporate License Type is designed for large organisations that require concurrent access by multiple users to a SCOPE database It enables storage of all your function point counts in a central repository that can be updated and or viewed simultaneously by any number of SCOPE Corporate and SCOPE Viewer users To avoid the issues of two users working on the same hierarchy at the same time and moving and changing components SCOPE will lock a Release once it has been opened l e As soon as a User opens a Count for a Release that Release is locked by the User and no other Users will have access to it until the first User selects to Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 90 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts exit the count or opens another Relea
164. he Data Groups they access is a special case of cross reference linking in SCOPE The colour of the link tick box can be changed to provide a dynamic display of the way each process accesses the data group l e As you link a Data Group RET or DET to a process the screen dynamically displays the access type The first mouse click to set up the link defaults to a red amp to indicate the Data is READ ONLY by the process a second mouse click changes the link to a blue to designate the data group is UPDATED and the next click resets the status to the Unlinked state of a blank box L As you move down the Function Tree and highlight each process SCOPE dynamically displays the type of access using different coloured text File Edit Node Trees View Window Help USMS A AB S P VF RRRA RRAN CAA J SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 191 FPA dip Fun A Atrio B Data E Note E Deta E Detail JP Atribute Data E Notes Ge Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May BO Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 Bi Manage Asisignments A L Logical Files Counted all these details can be imported fron Maintain Assignments 4A ASSIGNMENT TYPE EET BA ASSIGNMENT gt Modify Assignment f A CLIENTS DETAILS e View Print Assignment Detail ags CONTRACTOR DETAILS gp List Assignments Date range E CONTRACTOR SKILLS E Assign Contractors to Assignments a SKILLS DETAILS Manage Assignment Types JG INVOICES
165. he Details Eicon to modify its descriptive and metrics details Then Create a New Release and Create a new Count Session in order to start your measurement Releases Release Status Q Software Applications List Release Status Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 58 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Oa padlock icon beside each Release denotes the status of the Release The colour and state of the padlock identifies each type of Release and which Release is the Latest Release of the software The Latest Release is the one to select when changes to its functionality need to be recorded The Icon can be either Green or Gold and will be in one of two possible states Locked or Unlocked e Gold Padlock icon Is only assigned to the Latest Production Releases e Green Padlock Icon Is only assigned to all other Releases Unlocked If the padlock is green then this indicates that the functional model for this Release has the Update Rights to be used to update the baseline Production Release i e this is the functional model on which any changes to the functionality should be recorded Only an Unlocked Work in Progress Release can be used to update the baseline Production Release Once the update is complete the Work in Progress Release is Locked and the update rights have been passed over to the new baseline Latest Release its icon is set as a gold unlocked padloc
166. her a data entry form appears showing the details that correspond to the selected tree node The Tab for the currently displayed Tree is raised and the other tree tabs appear as depressed Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation NOTE Some of the features within SCOPE can only be invoked when a hierarchy is located on the LHS of the screen The two sides of the screen can show either two trees at the same time or one tree and its associated details HINT For very large counts speed up the tree display turn off the dynamic calculation of function points select F5 or Main Menu View Options HINT To speed up saving your database use the Compact Database option under Files in the Main Menu then select Save In any of the tree views you can e Insert and Delete tree nodes e Edit node names e Copy nodes e Move nodes e Flag nodes e Record node impact type Function and Data Group Trees only Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 116 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation File Edit Node Trees View Window Help TIT ESTIA 17 eR RRA PRE J SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 191F dip Fun JP Atrio B Data Note E Deta E Detail AP Attribute Data Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May E OE Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 a Manage Asisignments 5 D Logical
167. hin an organisation International Function Point Users Group Addison Wesley 2002 ISBN 020174158X Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 234 About SCOPE Installation To Install SCOPE Download SCOPE from the Total Metrics WWW site using the User ID and Password provided by Total Metrics Before you can install SCOPE you must save the downloaded files to your hard drive Before you use SCOPE you must install the SCOPE program If you have received SCOPE on a CD then it must first be saved to your computer s hard drive it cannot be executed from the CD ROM Instructions for Installation from Hard Drive 1 If the program does not start automatically go to the drive where you saved SCOPE and select Press Me to Install SCOPE 4_0 bat 2 Follow the prompts Instructions for Installation from CD 1 Place SCOPE Installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 If the program does not start automatically go to Start Run and type x Press Me to Install SCOPE 4_0 bat where x is the letter of your CD ROM 3 Follow the prompts Changes to your Computer SCOPE installs a run time version of Microsoft ACCESS XP If you decide to move the location of the ACCESS XP runtime program then you need to enter the new pathname in SCOPE under View Screen Display Options in the Main Menu The standard set up path is C Program Files x86 Microsoft Access Runtime Office10 SCOPE utilises the MS product Snap
168. i gp List Assignments Date range Inquiry i a ti Assign Contractors to Assignments Undefined ig Manage Assignment Types ie oe i amp Create Assignment Types Complexity i Result Source Assessment r DETs Range Enter Value Modify Assignment Types C Default C Loy 5 DETs ap Delete Assignment Types C Assessment oe 1 4 5 15 gt 16 24 e View Assignment Types Range Average j FTAs Range eb List Assignment Types Enter Value High e m ez azal MEE H gt List Contractors for Asignment C Derived i th FS Contractors a Manage Skills p r Function Points Multiplier Multiplied FP H i m Display Links To e Manage Clients C Data Notes C Attributes 6 1 B Applicaton crashes whenever you select the Assignment type CRO01 Add new field Daily Rate for Assignments Data entry box for Assignment name is too small please increase to allow 100 characters Section 1 2 Create Assignment Session Impact 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Employer Legislation Change No Session 7 Enhancement Type C Add C Change Delete C No Impact Calculate FP Size Count Session Impacted aa A C Release Impacted C Release Reworked Function 6UFPs Data 19UFPs Total 25 UFPs Release Baseline Ready Finalising your Count Set up a New Application OUA a New Application Create a new Software Application Select menu home option to view the
169. ie Edit Node Trees View Window Help USA Sd Saal EAT zr FRR KRAQ FRE BR CAR KOTOR J SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 101 FPA CoN e tie Fund JP Attrib Data Not E Dea Detail A Atribute FE Data Mi Notes dip Function E Notes AMS Application Vers 2 0 May i P Background to Count Decisions Name Section 1 2 Create Assignment List Print Contractors skills Ov Ban infil View Print counted as the same Description a B Specification Cross Reference Use T The Account Manager has the ability to Add a New Assignment Assignment ID is automatically a g 2 Section 12 ama Assignmen allocated the next number Client Details are extracted from the Client Tracking System If a client is BE not listed on the Client Tracking System then they are not available to be selected Their details can Section1 2 Modify Assignrr be selected at a later date Section 1 2 Delete Assignme Section 1 2 View Print Assi is Section 1 2 List Assignment E H Section 1 3 Assign Contractors H Section 1 4 Manage Assignmen B Section 1 5 Manage Contractor E Section 1 6 Manage Contractor E H Section 1 7 Manage Skills Section 1 8 Manage Client Infor ee A Questions to be answered to clarify H Q Error Identified in Acceptance Testin aD Change Requests 3 H Q Tables Cross Reference Questions Created Unknown No Session 7 Enhancement Type C Add C Cha
170. ify Assignment View Print Assignment Detail gt List Assignments Date range fije Assign Contractors to Assignments Manage Assignment Types Create Assignment Types CONTRACTOR D Lt Detail F EAP ASSIGNMENT va CONTRACTORS SKILLS DETAILS CEA INVOICES RA Work Tasks TMS Modify Assignment Types 1 Data Elements cros gt Delete Assignment Types gt Technical Files Not d gt View Assignment Types List Assignment Types gt List Contractors for Asignment ije Manage Contractors Manage Skills Manage Clients Attribute Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 E Logical Files Counted all these details can be imported from the SCOPE EXCEL Template AP ASSIGNMENT TYPE lo Session z Enhancement Type C Add 6 Change Data E notes Access Type Insert Template Function Group Insert Data Group Insert Data Group Folder Insert DET Insert RET AutoFill Name Convert RET DG Folder Delete Edit Node Name Move Up Move Down Copy Cut Paste Copy Links Paste Links Flag Link Filter Sort Branch All Levels Sort Next Child Level Only C Delete Ch Alt INS INS Alt Shift INS Ctri R DEL Alt Enter Shift Up Shift Down lo Impact Ctrl C Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctril L Alt L R
171. igh Priority functions and data that had been Completely specified and installed in Australia and Japan How are Attributes different to Notes All nodes in any of the four SCOPE Hierarchy Trees can be Linked to another node in any of the other three trees thus providing a multi dimensional documented model of your software Using SCOPE to Support FPA Using SCOPE to support the FPA methodology makes it easy to make changes as a project s requirements inevitably evolve and to analyse an application in many different ways SCOPE enables you to track an application s functions from its initial development release into production and through all subsequent releases Once the application is delivered SCOPE records it as a Production Release If an enhancement to the functionality is requested then SCOPE enables you to take a copy of the Production Release as a size model base on which to record the impact of the changes required for the next Release e g Release 2 0 SCOPE allows you to record planned work or current work on software as Work in Progress Releases These changes to the same release of software may be the result of multiple change requests from a variety of users each with their different priorities The impact of each change request can be separately recorded and functionally sized by associating each enhancement with a Count Session The net cumulative impact on the release can be quantitatively asse
172. ight Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 53 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Files Customer Discount Rules Customer Billing Rules Files from other Applications You can create a hierarchy of Data Group Folders to assist you in grouping your Logical Files e Data Group is the parent level 2 node that can exist by itself i e without any nested child nodes or can optionally contain a collection of RETs ora collection of DETs but not a mixture of both E g Invoice File Data Group e RET is a child node of a Data Group and may optionally contain a collection of DETs E g Invoice Header Invoice Item Details are sub groups of the Invoice Data Group e DET is the lowest level node and may be a child of a Data Group or RET E g Invoice Number Invoice Date are fields within the Invoice File Data Group and are child nodes of the Invoice Header RET As with the Function Tree you can choose the level of detail you wish to enter HINT It is good function point counting practice to map your Logical Data Groups listed in the Data Tree to the name of their corresponding Physical File in the Notes Tree Create a Notes SET called Physical Tables and insert the name of each physical table as a Note Link each table to their corresponding Logical File This assists with impact analysis of future Change Requests and provides useful documentation for anyone auditing your function point count Co
173. imilar assignment SCOPEs where for ageing unstructured applications with high complexity an assignment SCOPE of 500 function points per person is not unusual whereas newer structured applications skilled staff can support around 1500 2000 function Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 221 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size y 0 0012x R 0 8638 ie 1 2 people per 1000 function points or 833 function points per person 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 Function Points unadjusted Figure 8 2 Relationship between the Size of an Application and the Number of Support staff Source Total Metrics 1999 Once implemented applications typically need constant enhancement in order to respond to changes in direction of an organisation s business activities Function points can be used to estimate the impact of these enhancements The baseline function point count of the existing application will facilitate these estimates As the application size grows with time the increasing assignment SCOPE will provide the justification to assign more support staff Benchmarking The function point count of delivered functionality provides input into productivity and quality performance indicators These can then be compared to those of other in Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 222 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Backgro
174. ine model for future detailed enhancement project counting SCOPE and Level 3 Counts Use the Range option when selecting the complexity of Processes and Data Groups in SCOPE Level 4 Default Complexity Count Level 4 Default Complexity Count Description A default complexity count includes the following e application boundary is defined e full functional decomposition to transaction level e all files and transactions within SCOPE are identified e all files and transactions are classified according to type Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 198 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size e all files are defaulted to low complexity e all transactions are defaulted to average complexity e count is recorded and reported using the SCOPE Project Sizing Software software repository tool Level 4 Default Complexity Count Attributes Default Complexity Counts are e less detailed e auditable e reasonably accurate within the limits of the FPA technique 15 e documented e maintainable Best suited for the following count purposes e portfolio baseline assessment e benchmarking development or support ratios e quality metrics e high level estimates e as a baseline model for future enhancement project counting e canbe cost effective for large legacy application baseline counts Issues e efficient counting rates up to 400 fps per day e cost effective for large leg
175. ing Ins or right clicking to display insert menu NOTE The Function Groups allow you to logically hierarchically group your processes just like MS Explorer uses a directory structure to enable you to group your files 9 After you create a functional group use F2 or double click to rename it from the default name of Function Folder e g call it Maintain Customer Details 10 New elementary processes are created with a green right facing arrow Double click the Process and the Details screen displays in the right hand side screen The direction of the arrow indicates the process has defaulted to being an INPUT If you change the Process Type to OUTPUT you will see the arrow reverse Green indicates that it is a new process to the application You will see the radio button in the status bar at the bottom of the screen indicate it as an Added function for Enhancement Type If you want to record it as changed for an enhancement project then you can select the Changed radio button and the arrow will change to orange _ _ Use the right hand details screen to assess the Type and Complexity of each Elementary Process 12 To count your logical data groups Internal and External Files select the Data tab at the top of the LHS screen Highlight the Data Release root node and you can begin by entering a Data Folder Data Folders allow you to Group your Logical Data 13 Insert the Logical Data Groups
176. inks for a particular process or data node can be viewed via two different methods in Links Mode highlight the process e Select the tab for the tree type on the opposing window for the tree that you want to view the nodes linked to this process The links for selected process display as a red tick against the nodes in the opposite Tree e Double clicking on the process to display the details screen and then select Display Links to option in the Details screen to select which tree you want to see the linked nodes The linked nodes then display as a list rather than a tree thus enabling all links to be viewed in one screen Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 48 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts a SCOPE Project Sizing So File Edit Node Trees View Window Help DN GE ha KIA SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 17 eR KRAGIPREAB LARAOPTOKAEE oes dip Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May irs Fun FP attrib Data E Note Deta Detail Atribute dats E noes tie Function El p Manage Asisignments Name Create Assignment 6 Maintain Assignments r Process Type Description i create Assignment Input User is able to enter data about a new Assignment and to allocated contractors to aap Modify Assignment Output the assignment e View Print Assignment Detail
177. ion Processes and Files Data Groups for any invalid data which will be highlighted in Red Check for any additional error messages are in the column after the last input column Correct any erroneous data using the data entry input message as a guide for the correct values required Enter data directly into the template for any additional rows you require to be imported into SCOPE Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 82 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts 7 The only mandatory column in any of the four spreadsheets is the first Column A If you want your function point count details transferred to SCOPE then you will need to complete columns C and D and either E F G H to record the complexity or alternatively use Column I to just record the FPs awarded to your elementary processes or Data Groups and SCOPE will derive the complexity Use Column J to record the enhancement impact type add change delete 8 Do not leave any blank lines in your list to be imported As soon as SCOPE encounters a blank line it assumes the end of the list of data to be imported 9 If you have a set of Notes or Attributes you would like recorded for the count in SCOPE then insert the list in the Notes List or Categories Attributes worksheets These items can be linked to their relevant functions once imported 10 Once you have completed your data entry select to save your workbook as an XLS file 11
178. ion Tab along the top of the Left Hand Screen to highlight the next note linked to Create Assignment This is under the List of Errors identified in Acceptance Testing The error identified for this Process is Data entry box for Assignment name is too small please increase to allow 100 characters Flip the views by using the Flip Icon HINT Looks like a double headed arrow or anchor on the top menu The Note is now on the LH side of the screen Select the Attribute Tab on Right Hand Screen to show the i Attribute Tree Explode the Category Defect Severity Levels to display the severity which has been attributed to the highlighted error The Attributes can also be linked to any other Tree Select the Function Tab along the top of the Left Hand Screen then explode the Priority for Release 1 Category You can see the function Create Assignment has been assigned a mandatory priority Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 7 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started To see what other functions have been determined as being Mandatory to Release 1 select the Filter Icon on the top menu Highlight the priority mandatory then click the option OR along the top menu Immediately all the Processes identified as being mandatory are highlighted with red Flags If you want to know which ones are mandatory and required then click on the option again while required is highli
179. is release to make your changes e f there are no Work in Progress Releases or none of them has the update rights then you will need to create a new release If a Production Release exists then copy the Latest Production Release that has update rights gold open padlock icon by highlighting it and using CTRL C or select kal copy icon Locate your cursor on the Work in Progress Node and select the paste icon or CTRL V e If there are no production releases you can use a previous Work in Progress Release and delete the counts or just select the option ES a new Release and start your functional model again Only a Work in Progress Release with an Open Padlock can be selected to update a the Baseline in the Production Releases by selecting tne icon Update to Baseline button in the Application List The default in SCOPE is to have the last Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 62 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Release in the Release List as being the one that is being edited and therefore selected as the Latest Release with Update Rights If you want to transfer Update Rights to another Release then highlight the Release and select the Details Button In the Details screen de select Update Rights Highlight the Release you wish to transfer these rights to and in the Details screen select to give it Update Rights Count Sessions Count Sessions Overview An impor
180. isation is using Adjusted Function Points for size that they review this strategy to comply with the ISO standards on functional size Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 72 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Value Adjustment Factor s General System Characteristic GSC Description Data Communications Distributed Processing E Data Communications describes the degree to which the application communicates directly with the processor Performance The data and control information used in the application are Heavily Used Configuration sent or received over communication facilities Devices Transaction Rates connected locally to the control unit are considered to use On line Data Entry n communication facilities Protocol is a set of conventions that Design for End user Efficiency permit the transfer or exchange of information between two On line Update systems or devices All data communication links require Complex Processing some type of protocol Reusability Installation Si hd ad Rating Rating Description A Application is more than a front end but supports only one type of TP communications 2 3 5 V Rated Notes WWW based application requires data communication VAF fi 10 Cancel This can be optionally used to record the features of the software and adjusts the Functional Size to a delivered product size When the main screen is displa
181. isplay Links To Ei Manage Clients C Data Notes Attributes e f e Applicaton crashes whenever you select the Assignment type CR001 Add new field Daily Rate for Assignments Data entry box for Assignment name is too small please increase to allow 100 characters Section 1 2 Create Assignment Session Impact 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Employer Legislation Change No Session 7 Enhancement Type C Add Change C Delete C No Impact Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted C Release Reworked C Count Session Impacted Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 19UFPs Total 25 UFPs 111 A This is where you build a representation of the software application s functionality The name at the root node of the Function Tree is the name of the Release model displayed You can edit the Release name by selecting to Edit the Release from the List of Software Applications As you understand more about your software application s requirements you construct a more detailed hierarchical model of Functions and Processes within your software Functions can be nested within other Functions to any depth like branches in a tree Processes are the leaves of the tree and represent the lowest level of Process decomposition and cannot be nested Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 55 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Functions represent
182. ithin SCOPE are fully explained via a Flash Tutorial on the topic Please go to Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 8 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started http www totalmetrics com function point software SCOPE project sizing software flash tutorials For Tutorials on how to do the following functions e Set Up a New Application e Set Up a New Release e Set Up a New Baseline Count e Set Up an Enhancement Count e Set Up Multiple Counts on the Same Release e Import Export Release Counts e Building Hierarchical Trees e Counting An Elementary Process e Counting a Logical File e Import Count Sessions from other Databases into a Release e Import a Count from EXCEL e Import and Export Trees or Parts of Trees e Documenting Your Count Notes e Enhancement Count Existing Baseline e Excel Benchmarking Metrics Charts e Enhancement Count No Baseline Data Groups e Enhancement Count No Baseline Transactions e Exporting data to ISBSG e Linking Counts to Projects e Linking Data to Transactions e Metrics Reporting Tabular Data e NESMA Enhancement Counts Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 9 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started e Quick Early Counting Template Groups e Recording Application M and S Metrics e Recording Project Development and Enhancement Metrics e Recording Project Metrics e Reporting Counts e Set Up New Count Development Count e Set Up P
183. ize o a 3 753 0 Number applications 6 BEstimated Size bo a 29 410 45 780 wActual Size 3753 27 392 24 608 49 185 Organisation Identifier Comparison of Estimated Size Using FP Outline to actual detailed counting results using IFPUG 4 3 Rules 20 times faster and only 17 5 different Metrics for Project Governance Background Our experience as Software Measurement consultants has taught us that knowledge gained in the act of measurement can be as valuable to project managers as their use of our measurement results For example as part of our measurement role we are often asked to functionally size a project early in its lifecycle for input into estimation models In order to perform the functional size measurement we need to dissect the functional requirements for the project model them and individually catalogue and quantify each base functional component In doing so we make observations about the status of the project and the quality of both the requirements and the specifications and based on our experience with similar projects we are able to make predictions on the likelihood of the project s success Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 205 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size With time as our predictions have become reality we have begun to recognise that our observations if reported could have provided valuable input into the overall management o
184. k If the padlock is gold then this is the latest Release and holds the baseline count for the application This is the Master count which is used as the base for creating the next Work in Progress Release to record future changes to the application Locked If the padlock is Gold and locked it indicates that this Release has been copied to create a Work in Progress Release and has most likely changed since it was copied If the padlock is Green and locked it indicates that this Release will not be able to update the baseline Production Release since it does not have update rights NOTE The User can override the status of a Release i e colour and status of padlock by editing the fields called Update Rights and Latest Release when editing the Release details See Set up a New Release for more details Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 59 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Releases Overview a Set Up New Count Baseline Count SCOPE records function point counts for both Baseline Counts and Projects Counts and stores them under either Production Releases This is the Baseline count of the version of the application that is currently in production Baseline Counts for past Production Releases are also stored in this group in the order in which they were recorded in SCOPE The very latest Baseline Count is the last on the List and is called the Lat
185. l V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts o Multiple Counts to be completed Concurrently you have many Change Requests for Applications on the same database that need to be counted by multiple counters at the same time HINT To do this select to Snapshot the latest Release from the Master Database to one or many temporary SCOPE databases where each counter will then create and work on their own Count Sessions When each count is approved they are then individually Exported from their temporary databases and Imported back into the latest Release in the Master database o Retain Security for highly sensitive counts the administrator just snapshots the count that is relevant to the counter so that they cannot view other project counts Auto Save Backup and Recovery SCOPE will automatically save your database at prescribed time intervals The default interval is 15 minutes but it can be modified or disabled completely by the User View User Options Auto Save It is highly recommended that you do not disable Auto Save however if you are planning major changes to your data then we suggest that you copy the database as a backup prior to making the changes just in case you make a mistake If your SCOPE database is very large then it may be more efficient to just snap shot the Release you are working on to a new database as your backup Then if you want to roll back back your changes to the start then you can just import from
186. late Function Groups and set up their default name type and complexity and whether they update or only read a file Once you have set up your default templates SCOPE allows you to import and export them for future use by yourself or your colleagues In the screen below the User has selected to Insert Template Function Group to quickly insert the maintenance processes for a new set of functionality around a Loyalty Member By selecting the Template Standard one from the list and typing in the words Loyalty Member as the object name SCOPE has automatically created the 6 elementary processes on the tree using the object and assigning the correct type and complexity e g Add Loyalty Member is an External Input of Average complexity Function Tree Insert Template Function Group On the Function Tree right click and select to Insert Template Function Group SCOPE will display the following dialogue box to allow you to select which type of Template Group you want to generate Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 33 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Template Setup Options _ A m Template Function Groups ir Process Transaction Verbs r Preview Example a p Manage Object Information Add Object Modify Object p Delete Object 4 gt View Object 4 gt Browse Object Report Object Maintain Only New Group Modify Name 2e New Group 2e Ne
187. layed lists can be sorted alphabetically but the order hierarchical level and sequence cannot be customised nor can the components be hierarchically grouped and catalogued for ease of review and maintenance of the counts e FPW drives everything from the Transaction hierarchy and does not cater for decomposing Data into RETs and DETs thus making the auditing maintenance and managing of the Files much more complex and time consuming e FPW does not allow the user to put the name and description for processes thus limiting the capability to describe and document it for ease of maintenance 9 SCOPE is more cost effective when Maintaining and Auditing Counts SCOPE was designed with the concept of making it quick and easy to maintain counts of each new change request and making it easy to document and report count decisions to assist in auditing SCOPE does this by providing the capability to o Provide an audit trail of who changed which tree node when that if fully searchable o Quickly record project changes new functions changed functions and deleted functions with a single mouse click on pre existing counts o Detailed Count Reports that list exactly how a process was counted not just its type and complexity i e Ranges selected numbers entered by the user or just defaulted o Detailed Documentation in Reports that list for each process which Data Groups RETs and DETs it accesses and the type of access SCOPE will actually automatic
188. lliper icon See Create a new Count Session Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 63 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts To start a new Count Session to record the size of a Change Request highlight the name of the latest Work in Progress Release in the list of Software Applications Select Home on main menu and click the Elbutton to add a new Count Session Enter details about the Count Session To record functional changes associated with the Count Session highlight the Count Session name under the Release and double click or select Open See Starting your First Function Point Count SCOPE keeps track of the modifications required by a Change Request by recording the changes as impacts on the Function Tree and Data Tree Each impact is associated with a Count Session To start your count locate the Function Tree or Data Tree on which you want to record the changes on the LHS window le e File Edit Node Trees View Window Help TIENERS TZERA RE J SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 19 di Fun A Attrib Data Note IE Deia Detail Attribute Data E Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 M ie Manage Asisignments Name Create Assignment elie Maintain Assignments Process Type Description i Create Assignment Input User is able to enter data about a ne aa i i the assignment Modify Assignment eer g gt View
189. ly cost effective for large legacy application baseline counts Pre requisites e good to high quality system documentation e data model e full access to system experts SCOPE and Level 2 Counts Use the Range option when selecting the complexity of Processes and Data Groups in SCOPE and link Processes and Data Groups Level 3 Detailed Count Level 3 Detailed Count Description A detailed count includes the following e application boundary is defined e full functional decomposition to transaction level e all files and transactions within SCOPE are identified e all files and transactions are classified according to type e all files and transactions are accurately categorised according to complexity DETs and FTRs are identified within IFPUG ranges where possible e explanatory notes are attached to files and transactions where necessary Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 197 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size e count is recorded and reported using the SCOPE Project Sizing Software software repository tool Level 3 Detailed Count Attributes Detailed Counts are e detailed e auditable e accurate with limits of the FPA technique 10 e well documented e very maintainable Best suited for following count purposes e benchmarking projects new development and enhancement e detailed estimates e baseline application counts for portfolio sizing e as detailed basel
190. master groups of data from a business user perspective They are a group of data that tends to be created as a set although parts of the data may be modified independently They may be a business reference file e g Currency Details which are referenced by transactions or business entities maintained by the business transactions Data Files do NOT include files created for quality technical performance security navigation reasons Data Files are permanent groups of data they are not stores for temporary data Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 189 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Weighting of Functional Components Once the functional components have been identified and classified they are evaluated for their functional complexity using a set of prescribed attributes The functions are categorised into low average or high complexity Functional components are awarded Function Points according to their classification of type and categorisation of complexity E g Create Fault record External Input High Complexity 6 Function Points Currency Conversion File Internal Logical File Low Complexity 7 Function Points Once all functional components are identified classified into type assessed for complexity and awarded points these points are accumulated into a total Function Point Count NOTE IFPUG 4 3 records this size as the Functional Size
191. n control which toolbars are displayed using View Toolbars from the menu Compact Database This option which is found under FILE on the Menu is used to compress an existing SCOPE database Run this option on a regular basis to reduce the overall size of your SCOPE database and to speed up saving and response times Basic SCOPE Commands Exit This menu option will close any open files and exit SCOPE returning you to MS Windows SCOPE prompts you to save data before exiting but does NOT save automatically SCOPE does NOT save as you edit to save during editing use the Save Save As option New Use this option to start a new SCOPE database You will be asked for a new File Name and a location on your hard drive or network to save the file Open This option is used to open an existing SCOPE database The result is a standard Windows dialog box asking for the location of the database to be opened SCOPE databases have the extension fpa Import from FPW This option allows you to import all the data from Function Point Workbench into a SCOPE database without losing any information The import takes less than a minute for an average sized FPW data repository As soon as the import complete you can start counting in SCOPE Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 128 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation Close Close Current CLOSE will close your current fpa database and
192. n the branch to be exported and select Export Tree from under the Edit menu SCOPE will prompt you with the XML file name where your exported branch will be saved Import a Whole Tree or Part of a Tree Locate your cursor on the branch where you want the imported nodes to be pasted and select Import Tree from under Edit Import on the main menu SCOPE will prompt to check if you want to import Count Session Impacts and or links to other Trees If the nodes you are importing have been impacted by a Count Session then you will be prompted to select to import a Count Session In this case SCOPE will add that Count Session to the List of Sessions for the current target Release See also Using the Mouse to Copy and Move Import Counts from MS Excel amp Import a Count from Excel Your counts previously performed in Excel can be imported directly into SCOPE by selecting the function Import from EXCEL Template under Edit Import on the main menu In order to import your counts you first need to extract all the count details into the SCOPE EXCEL template SCOPE will only import from this template Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 81 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts You can import 4 different sets of size related information l e Transactions Files Notes and Attributes from an MS EXCEL file and saved in comma delimited file format CSV Steps 1 Open the EXCEL
193. n the top of the screen The Filter button T is located next Link Mode button SCOPE is either in Link Mode OR Filter Mode If the small square boxes next to each node are not visible in the RHS then you are in Filter Mode In Filter Mode you can use the Boolean options amp AND 9fOR or NOT icons to select nodes on the opposite tree that satisfy the Link criteria you have selected i e if you selected the Boolean Option amp to be tagged to some nodes on the RH tree then SCOPE will select all the nodes that are linked to all the tagged Nodes on the LH tree Collections within a tree can be Flagged and the result set of selected Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 104 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting jor later display and use for that nodes can then be saved as a Flag Set Release Alternatively you can assign Flags using a Filter to highlight the existence of Links between nodes in different trees A particular selection of nodes and the conditions of selection are stored in a Filter Set The Filter Set Hi is equivalent to the question being asked whilst the Flag Set is the answer to that question SCOPE enables you to save the question Filter Set and then re apply at a later date to display either the same Flagged answer Flagged Nodes or different answers if you have made changes to the trees Alternatively you can store the answer i e the Flagged set of nodes Flag Set
194. n their business units Under this directive all assets must be valued based on deprival value and brought to account thus ensuring better accountability of the organisations financial spending Funding via budget allocation is based on assets listed in their financial accounts and their depreciation In the past the purchase price of the software recorded as an expense within an accounting year These more recent accounting practices mean that it can now be valued as an asset and depreciated Publicly listed organisations have found that by using this accrual accounting method of measuring software as an asset rather than an expense they can amortise the depreciation over five years rather than artificially decrease the current year s profit by the total cost of the software This strategy has a dramatic effect on their share price since once their software is listed as a capital asset it contributes to the overall worth of the company and the total cost of that asset has a reduced impact on the current year s reported profit Outsourcing Software Production and Support The benefits of Functional size measurement in outsourcing contracts is that Functional Size enables suppliers to measure the cost of a unit of output from the IT Process to the business and enables them to negotiate on agreed outcomes with their client Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 224 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Article
195. nSCOPE Project Management Methodology developed by the Australian Government State of Victoria http www mmv vic gov au 6 American Programmer Cutter Information Corp vol 8 no 7 July 1995 37 pp 7 DeMarco T and Lister T Peopleware Dorset House Press New York 1987 189 pp 8 Garmus D and Herron D Measuring the Software Process A Practical Guide to Functional Measurements Prentice Hall PTR 1996 9 Garmus D and Herron D Function Point Analysis Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects http www aw com cseng Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 232 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size 10 Goodman P Practical Implementation of Software Metrics International Software Quality Assurance Series McGraw Hill London 1992 11 Humphrey Watts Measuring the Software Process Addison Wesley Reading Mass 1989 489 pp 12 IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications IEEE Computer Society Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc New York April 1994 26 pp 13 International Function Point Users Group IT Measurement Pearson Education Corporate Sales Division ISBN 0 201 74158 x pbk 14 Jones Capers Applied Software Measurement Assuring Productivity and Quality Software Productivity Research Inc Burlington Mass 1991 ISBN 0 07032813 7 15 Jones Capers Programming Productivi
196. nais Jean Marc Validating Function Points Proceedings of the International Function Point Users Group Conference April 1996 27 Desharnais Jean Marc Morris P M Validation Process in Software Engineering An example with Function Point Software Metrics Research and practice is Software Measurement 3 8244 6518 3 1997 28 Desharnais J M Morris P Post Measurement Validation Procedure for Function Point Counts Position Paper Forum on Software Engineering Standards Issues October 1996 29 Wittig GE Morris PM Finnie GR Rudolph EE Formal Methodology to Establish Function Point Coefficients Proceedings of the International Function Point Users Group Conference September 1998 30 Oligny Serge Abran Alain Desharnais Jean Marc Morris PM Functional Size of Real Time Software Overview of Field Tests 13th International Forum on COCOMO and Software Cost Modelling Los Angeles October 1998 31 E E Rudolph G E Wittig G R Finnie P M Morris Verifying Function Point Values IFPUG International Function Point Users Group Conference Arizona USA September 1997 32 Desharnais J M Morris P Measuring ALL the Software not just what the Business UKSMA Software Measurement in Practice Conference London October 1998 33 IT Measurement Practical Advice from the Experts Pam Morris contributed a Chapter on Benefits and Uses of Function Point Analysis and the infrastructure required to implement Function Point Analysis wit
197. ncluded in Total Hours Set up a New Project DU Up Project Set up a New Project from under home or select File Project and Application List and selecting the Project List Tab or when in the Count Session Details screen select the Project List Button A Project Corresponds to a Business Initiative As such it may have requirements that impact many applications within an Organisations Software Portfolio A Project may be a New Development or a set of Requirements for Changes to one or more existing applications i e an Enhancement Project Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 71 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts SCOPE allows you to set up a Project and then link the project to the Count Sessions for each Application Impacted Total Project size and productivity can then be determined by running the Project Details Report or online in the Project List screen HINT To just work on the counts relevant to your own Project highlight a Project and press the Snapshot Project Icon on the Project List to select all the linked Count Sessions for a Project to be exported to anew SCOPE database Value Adjustment Factor Assessing the Value Adjustment Factor NOTE Assessing the VAF and using Adjusted function points is no longer recommended in IFPUG CPM 4 3 nor is it used by the ISBSG group when reporting functional size It is highly recommended that if your organ
198. nctions can often not be evaluated at this stage it is usually anticipated that the project will grow further The Users may also prioritise their Requirements as those that they consider to be Core functionality and mandatory to be delivered versus those that they consider to be extended or for future consideration The SCOPE Manager can determine the size and estimate of each alternative High level project resource estimates are revised based on the selected platform and the predicted size range Once the project team have updated the specification to fix ambiguities inconsistencies and missing functionality the refined Requirements Specification is ready to be used as the basis for input into the Functional Specification In an outsourcing situation the Requirements Specification would be provided as part of the Request for Tender RFT The functional sizing model along with its list of individual identified quantified functions and their associated priority for delivery is distributed as part of the RFT This becomes the baseline Requirements document with which the business can evaluate whether the completed project has delivered their required functionality If the method of quotation by the suppliers is to be via a fixed price per function point as identified within the SouthernSCOPE 5 methodology then the tendering suppliers need a clear indication of which of the Users Requirements would be considered to be included or exclu
199. nctior Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 Octobe 5 Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 October 2006 ws Manage Asisignments Logical Files B C Maintain Assignments ASSIGNMENT TYPE gt Create Assignment HAAG ASSIGNMENT gt Modify Assignment H A CLIENTS DETAILS View Print Assignment Detail 4s ONTO AC TOC DETA gt List Assignments Date range Select Links to Paste Assign Contractors B w Manage Assignment Types Links gt Create Assignment Types I7 Function Data gt Modify Assignment Types gt Delete Assignment Types IV Attributes NV Notes View Assignment Types List Assignment Types 7 List Contractors for Asignment T J From current position downwards Manage Contractors Cancel J Manage Skills Manage Clients No Session gt Enhancement Type Add Change Delete f Nolmpact Calculate FP Size Release Baseline C Release Impacted C Release Reworked c Count Session Impacted Recording the Relationships between Functions and Data D UN Logical Files Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 44 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 D UN Transactions ES scope Project Sizing Se File Edit Node Trees View Window Help Managing your Function Point Counts amp Manage Asisignments i a Maintain Assignments i S Li Modify Assignment View Print Assignment Detail gap List Assignments Date rang
200. nd Data Group Detail reports l e all linked items and all functional size details each Process and Data Group that has been selected Portfolio Size Reports These reports list the size baseline impacted reworked of all Count Sessions all Releases for all Applications within the currently opened SCOPE database in either adjusted or unadjusted function points Attribute FP Size Profiles These Reports profile your counts for the that is linked to each attribute within a Category l e if you have identified processes as being mandatory to user or optional to the user and created Attributes called Mandatory and Optional then SCOPE will report the percentage of the count that has been allocated Mandatory and Optional If you have assigned Numerical Attributes then SCOPE will report the quantified results in the Numerical Attribute FP Size Reports Hierarchy FP Size Attribute Summary These reports are a combination of all the information available on the Hierarchy FP Detail Reports Function Attribute Lists and the SCOPE FP Count Result Reports Detail and Summary However they are unique in that are in a hierarchy format and they only display the nodes that are Relevant to the current selection They are the only SCOPE reports that uniquely identify for any single process and or data group the combination of attributes assigned to these nodes and to total them by Attributes They also identify the relevant Copyright Total Metrics
201. nd S Metrics e Recording Project Development and Enhancement Metrics e Recording Project Metrics e Reporting Counts e Set Up New Count Development Count e Set Up Project e Setting up Numerical Attributes e Setting up User Defaults for Function Point Counting e Snapshot Applications Releases and Counts e Update to Baseline e User Options Set Defaults for SCOPE e Using the Count for Earned Value Reporting e Using the Count for Project Estimation e What is a Benchmark Period e Assigning Project Metrics to Benchmark Periods e Import Export Releases Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 240 Glossary A Application Is used synonymously for software system e g AMS System Each set of activities that impacts the application is called a project Application Counts measure the size of the implemented software product Attributes Attributes are used to Flag functions within the SCOPE of the Function Point Count so that these functions may be selectively reported as a group They enable different size profiles of the software to be measured Boundary The application boundary is the conceptual interface between the software under study and its users A user is any person or anything that communicates or interacts with the software D Data Element Type A Data Element Type DET is a unique user recognisable field from a business perspective that participates in a transaction and or is stored
202. needs Checking completeness of project requirements industry Figures Interfaces 4 Internal Files 30 interfaces O ppi Inputs 21 7 Enquiries 199 isasc Outputs 25 8 f e Olnputs B Outputs OEnquiries ho Mintemal Files Enquiries 14 i Olnterfaces This Project Outputs 10 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 229 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size The quantitative comparison below shows that the reporting requirements were lower than expected by about half 14 compared to the expected 23 of the total function points The project manager in this case verified with the user that the first release of the software would require all reporting requirements and the user indicated that more reports were likely to be specified The project manager increased the original count to allow for the extra 9 and based his early project estimates on the higher figure that was more likely to reflect the size of the delivered product The function point measurement activity enabled the project manager to quantify the potential missing functionality and justify his higher more realistic estimate Estimating Project Resource Requirements Once the SCOPE of the project is agreed the estimates for effort staff resources costs and schedules need to be developed If productivity rates hours per function point cost per function point from pre
203. neeeeeeees 130 Reversing the Order of the Verb and Nouns in Template Function Groups 132 Importing and Exporting Template Function Groups ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 132 Changing Language Screen Display and Reports cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 133 Features in Versions of SCOPE a ccic sncccscrnastcrnantctnaccntnamuetedstmusmasundmectadmeses 135 Overview of New SCOPE 4 0 Features cccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeees 135 ge Metnics ee ee ee E 135 2 IT Performance Reporting isciniatucscnnncisnciscnsncsdnesducrnwniinehdnandinendueidutciidnandnewsnencnenidinenided 135 3 Web Enabled Business Analytics Portal for Industry Benchmarking 136 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 v SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started 4 Apply numerical quantifiers to SCOPE Function Point Values 0 136 5 New User Meth Cela sa3 ccecticd octet satshichostmoain i ecyeseidoemmacideunesudgetnotiibermaseaesemesdidertonane 137 Ge Other Features soriana ieee tin a seteppre nla a ce rer es a Eaa aa 137 Overview of New SCOPE 3 0 Features cc cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesesneeeeeeeeees 137 Overview of New SCOPE 2 2 Features cc cccccceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeseessnaeeeeeeeeees 141 Overview of New SCOPE 2 0 Features cccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesecnaeeeeeeeeees 142 Overview of New SCOPE 2 1 Features
204. ng your Function Point Counts amp scope Project Sizing ASE VER 3 0 191 FPA 2 File Edit Node Trees View Window Help Jelx OHSS saa SlPVii rr alRRXASIPRAB CAA Se Func FP Attri E Data E Note Deta Fetal MP Atribute EDaa Notes Function JP Attribute AMS Application Vers 2 0 M 5 Oi Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 R Defect Severity Levels E LC Manage Asisignments Jf Level Critical software canno a Om Maintain Assignments La amp Level 2 Serious software can be bob bw Create Assignment J Level 3 Moderate minor functi A Modify Assignment Bev ia ff Level 4 Cosmetic software ope i View Print Assignment Detail F Priority for Release 1 i hA List Assignments Date range in BP H C Assign Contractors to Assignments J Required i 2 Oe Manage Assignment Types ha F Optional i i Create Assignment Types Testing Completion Status i A Modify Assignment Types Users Access Level for Function a Delete Assignment Types _ amp Physical Location of Data ef View Assignment Types Specification ef List Assignment Types if List Contractors for Asignment Type ay o Manage Contractors H e Manage Skills 7a Manage Clients m No Session Enhancement Type Add Change Delete CN i Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted C Release Reworked Count Session Impacte Ready Function
205. nge C Delete Nolmpact Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted C Release Reworked C Count Session Impacted Ready n a 211 This tree holds text information that can be Linked to nodes in any other tree Typical usages could be to record as Notes to be linked to processes or data e Any counting assumptions e Queries against the specification e Identified bugs during acceptance testing e Cross reference to the specification e Physical tables screens or programs etc Notes are organised into Sets You can nest Sets to any depth If your NOTE has additional text in the description then the Icon changes from C to Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 47 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Viewing Linked Processes Data Notes and Attributes Counting Transactions Profiling and Filtering Counts Filters and Flags SCOPE provides the function point counter with the ability to document their function point count to the highest level of accuracy such that all processes can be linked to e Data Groups i e the process is linked to the DETs RETs and FTRs that the accesses and the type of access Read or Update can also be assigned e Notes any textual comments relevant to the process e Attributes any key words relevant to the profile the process Similar linking to Processes Notes and Attributes can be done by any node on the Data Tree These l
206. nhancement Repository or the ISBSG Maintenance and Support Repository SCOPE provides inbuilt Numerical Categories NESMA Impact factors Earned Value Reporting Project Delivery Rates or you can create and customise your own for quantitative reporting SCOPE allows counts to be done remotely without the worry of overwriting changes made by others when the count results are merged back into the same or an updated baseline Makes transferring data from different storage media simple and easy Enables suppliers to easily charge back for project SCOPE creep and changes to User requirements 153 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Tracks when a process or data group is changed multiple times for the same project or removed from the project SCOPE Imports historical count data from other industry FP counting software e g FPW Allows Projects to be mapped to multiple applications so that counts are automatically aggregated at Project level as well as at Application Release level to display online interactively Allows multiple separate counts to be applied concurrently to the same baseline that can add change and delete processes and data groups without overwriting other counts changes Inbuilt expert assistance in IFPUG counting rules enhances ability to record and report accurate and detailed count information All data entry and linking can be done on a single split screen without trekking through layers
207. nine 122 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 iv SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Using the Mouse to Copy and Moe ccccceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas 124 Search and Find and Replace ccissccs secticcccecssdecsascdotmectute audesdsccutidecmaseaseeteubioectwenne 124 Sorting Tree Nodes esimesena eaaa oaae aa ara utente aE aa Saa 125 Sre AES WMG E A E E AE A rave bee cee dae 126 WOODS ciri a i eee Oe eee ue eee ip tee 127 ROMO AGT OA Gc tacsee Sp ees Scan bce tay leach vaccine eed A E A Seales Suedtvey deans 128 Basic SCOPE COMMANGS ci ieisassconnsepsonnidedea en ssanigonedasidenntadecanegebadeendadiaodehannbounseoededes 128 I sta Sassen area ease aa seca E na E E dane ea E E E E asec 128 NEW e e E E E 128 OPEM rsisi idena aa a iia aa aae aada iada a diae 128 Import from FPW ssisiisseinnnneenaii annan a a aa 128 Close Close Current ccc cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeesesnaaaeeeeeeees 129 SAVO DAV OIG eintiteasan a ana e aaan ana iniaa 129 Compact Database cccccceccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneaeeeeeeees 129 SCOPE Online FB P sac cscpesiccntg hiswnceocdevecestiewaatns ie cvadedieeeadsddeueee ddeecabepeveacasceees 129 Starting UP SCOPE 00 2 0 eeeeeceeeccccee eee eeeeeneaeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaaaaaaaaeeeeeeseeessnsaeeeeeeeeees 129 Setup Template Function Groups cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeesese
208. nisations specific business needs Experience shows that Function Point Counting of packages is not always as straightforward as sizing software developed in house for the following reasons e Only the physical and technical functions are visible to the counter The logical user view is often masked by the physical implementation of the original logical user requirements e In most cases the functional requirements functional specifications and logical design documentation are not delivered with the software The counter may have to rely on the User Manual or on line help to assist in interpreting the user view The modelling of the logical business transactions often requires the function point counter to work with the client to identify the logical transactions They do this by Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 218 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size investigating the user s functional requirements and interpreting the logical transactions from the package s physical implementation e In most cases the names of the logical files accessed by the application s transactions are not supplied by the package vendor The function point counter will need to develop the data model by analysing the data items Processed by the application However with sufficient care a reasonably accurate function point count of packaged applications can usually be obtained Estimating P
209. nnaranan 77 82 84 86 Import Export a Whole Release 82 Import Export Whole Trees or Parts of Trees seth rereceeessteccsieclennrenrdveceeedes 82 Import a Release eeeeeeeeeees 82 Import a Whole Tree or Part of a Tree E E E 82 Import Count Session 79 Import from FPW assesses 86 Import Release 82 Import Tree ccceececeeeeeeeeeeees 82 122 Importing and Exporting Template FUNCTION Groups 2 0 020000ccnenene 130 WAU ssstecstinsticetisatansMedrnadstasdboactoatcit 24 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Index NUN Sseectcetics Peeiee iaaea ean 186 WMO sites EE E EE E 24 INSEft aneen 118 121 Insert Template Function Group 33 Astal searen iarten ieaiaia ni 235 Install SCOPE 235 Installation eeaeee 235 Intended Audience 236 Internal File cceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 24 Internal Files c ceeeeeeeeeeeees 186 SBS Gonen 72 79 ISO standard 20926 and 14143 1 188 ISO IEC 20926 IFPUG 4 1 unadjusted ii in acai aaa cm ai inne 236 ISO IEC standard for Functional Size Measurement 14143 1 199G ae 190 taliane ser 133 J Japanese oeect cc cctncsmaetaccngerenctacutenuse 133 K Korean wcseccseseccenseenctscsesestewcesestneceean 133 L Languages c ic2sccreonsaniarnidesstennttnednons 133 latest release l a 23 62 Left AOW certactsnctcectnnetenetiasendotwactind 118 247 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 MVE a arcu shy tie
210. nt session called Change Request is inserted automatically This is where your count information will be stored Each release can have many count sessions 5 Highlight the Release and select Ell to set up a new function point count session for this Release To change details press F2 or select You can rename the new Count Session e g Initial Count for Project Scoping Record background details about the count 6 If the Change Request for which you are doing the count belongs to a Project Then select the Project List tab at the top of the screen ElAdd the new project highlight it and select Ell to link the Count Session to the Project When you select OK you see your new Count Session listed T ready for you to highlight and Open NOTE If you do only want to record the Count Size Result for Benchmark metrics then just record the size manually on the Count Details or Project Details screens Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 2 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started 7 Double click to open the Count Session The Function Point Counting Screens will display and your cursor will be positioned on the j Function Tree Create a functional breakdown of your software by first adding Functional Groups Function Folders using Alt Ins or selecting from the Node button on the top tool menu 8 At the lowest level Function Folder insert the Elementary Processes Transactions you want to add by press
211. ntation Function Point Analysis FPA has been used since the late 1970s to assess the functionality delivered to the user based on the user s external business view of the functional requirements It measures the logical view of an application as compared to measuring the physically implemented view or the internal technical view FPA measures these functional requirements in terms of the e Business transactions e g Enquire on Fault Record that the user can perform using the software e Business data e g FAULT File that the software can store and access The process of performing Function Point Analysis is called a Function Point Count and it involves the identification classification and weighting of each of these transactions and data components The weightings are combined to give the functional size as an Unadjusted Function Point Count Older versions of IFPUG CPM methodology required an additional step of assessing the technical and quality features embedded in the software product and adjusting the functional size accordingly The result was referred to as the Adjusted Function Point Count NOTE The latest IFPUG CPM 4 3 Methodology records Functional Size WITHOUT adjustment SCOPE reports Functional Size results in function points as per the new IFPUG 4 3 recommendations which are unadjusted However if your organisation still requires an Adjusted function point count then record the details required under Copyri
212. ntified by a RED TICK If you the process actually updates the data group then click on the link box a second time and the second mouse click changes the link to a blue to designate the data group is UPDATED The next click resets the status to UNLINKED status to the UNLINKED state of a blank box As you move down the Function Tree and highlight each process SCOPE dynamically displays the list of data groups linked to that process and the colour of the link tick colour indicates the access type for each data group Alternatively you can elect to change the access type of the link by right clicking the mouse button when located on the data group and selecting the access type from a drop down list UPDATE or READ ONLY Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 30 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e Select any of the following options from Complexity Result Source to override the default complexity e Range select the appropriate range of DETs unique fields stored by the data group and RETs unique sub groups of DETs e Assessment select Low Average or High e Enter Value insert the actual number of DETs and RETs e Default accept the default value of Low e Derived calculates complexity from the number of RETs and DETs recorded as child nodes under the data group File Edit Node Trees View Window Help DEHARI saBl SPV T ERAAN LAR RNOR PT SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 19LF
213. o which you answer them Our users are amazed at its predictive ability when they compare the size calculated by FP Outline the actual measured size using the IFPUG methodology How accurate are the size predictions Total Metrics has been using the methodology underpinning FP Outline for over 14 years and has been able to demonstrate its accuracy in both project new development and enhancement and application baseline counts for over 2000 applications and projects worldwide Client Case Study A large Telecommunications company planning to outsource the maintenance of a set of 45 applications needed to urgently provide the functional size of their portfolio to the prospective supplier Total Metrics took 6 effort days using the FP Outline methodology to establish the applications portfolio size at 30 710 UFPs The predicted size was later verified using the IFPUG methodology and consumed 122 effort days to count The actual measured size 25 326 ufps was only 17 53 different to the predicted size FP Outline predictions tend to typically lie within a 20 range Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 204 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Comparisons of Actual Portfollo Size Versus Estimated Size using TM Methodology 60000 oo O o a 2 185 50000 8 c 2 40000 S 29 410 Number applications 30000 Estimated S
214. o the elementary process when the function group is generated Low Average or High e the Type is the type that will be assigned to the elementary process when the function group is generated Input Output or Enquiry e the Link Type is the access type that will be assigned to the elementary process if the Function Group is generated from a Data Group i e see Generating A Function Group from a Data Group e select Update to save the Template Function Group so it will now have your new Verb e see the Preview Example to see how you Function Group will look when generated by SCOPE using the Insert Template Function Group option Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 131 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation e to change details for a Process Transaction Verbs just make changes then select Update Reversing the Order of the Verb and Nouns in Template Function Groups The syntax of some Languages e g German requires the Verb to be located after the Object name Select the Reverse Option at the bottom right hand side of this screen to change the order of the noun and verb Tempete Setup Onions E E m Template Function Groups gt Process Transaction Verbs r Preview Example E Manage Object Information Maintain Only i Add Object Report Only Hm Modify Object Standard two _ i Delete Object New Group Modify Name Ge View Object Browse Object daa Report Objec
215. oad SCOPE Viewer The user can view all aspects of the count all links notes attributes details and descriptions without needing to have a licence for SCOPE o Extract all the Count Sessions for a Project into a single SCOPE database and send these to a counter to complete the Project Count the administrator just snapshots the relevant Project in the Project List and sends the database to the counter When the counter has finished counting the Project they can export the Count Sessions for Import by the Administrator o Administrative Control of Your Counts i e you have a master database of SCOPE counts which is controlled by an administrator who wants to quality check all counts prior to them being applied to the master version of the Release Each time a counter wants to count on the current Release the Administrator takes a snapshot of the current Release and sends it to the counter When they have finished counting they export their count for import into the Administrators master database after it has been verified HINT To do this select to Export the latest Release from the Master into another temporary SCOPE database where a counter can create and work on their Count Session When the administrator approves the count it is then Exported from the temporary database and Imported back into the latest Release within the Master database Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 87 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manua
216. oft EXCEL e Microsoft WORD e HTML Making it easy to embed SCOPE reports into your management reports or manipulate the data in an EXCEL spreadsheet 2 Across Release Reporting additional tabular and graphical reports that enable you to compare counts across a Release You can now easily compare sizes of individual Change Requests within a Release 3 Automatic Counting of Processes and Data Groups SCOPE will automatically derive the complexity of a process based on the number of Data Groups and DETs linked to it Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 147 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope You can now easily import the attributes of your Data Groups from an external source You can then select which Data Groups are referenced FTRs and which DETs are used by the Process SCOPE then derives the complexity of the linked processes and data groups automatically This is particularly useful for automatically calculating the number of Data Groups you have linked to your processes 4 Enhanced Searching and Flagging Capability SCOPE allows you to select to e Search and find text in any node of any tree and highlight and flag the search results e Flag all impacted processes and data groups for an entire Release or just a Count Session so that you can selectively report or link them e Select to link unlink to either flagged nodes only or to un flagged nodes only SCOP
217. omposed into sub groupings of Record Element Types RETs You can also enter the fields Data Element Types DETs under each RET sub grouping Working from the application s functional specification in the Detail Screen classify each Data Group as either an Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 25 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e Internal File ILF i e something that stores data input from the user s transactions i e Processes on the Function Tree update ILFs e External File EIF i e something that stores data accessed by the user s transactions i e Processes on the Function Tree only read EIFs Use the detail screen to classify Processes and data groups as either low average or high complexity SCOPE will assign a weighting in function point units to the software s functional and data components using a set of prescribed formula s based on the type and complexity you have selected NOTE SCOPE defaults Processes to be Inputs of average complexity and data groups to be of a type undefined and low complexity You can change these defaults by selecting VIEW Function Point Count Default Values from the Main Menu After the assessment of each Process and Data Group is complete the Functional Size in Unadjusted Function Points can be reported for the whole application or any selected part of it or just for those functions and data impacted by a change reque
218. on e Add New Department Input Average Complexity e Modify Department Details Input Average Complexity e Delete Department Details Input Low Complexity e View Department Details Enquiry Average Complexity e Browse Departments Details Enquiry Average Complexity e Report Department Details Output Average Complexity e Manage Division Information e Add New Division Input Average Complexity e Modify Division Details Input Average Complexity e Delete Division Details Input Low Complexity e View Division Details Enquiry Average Complexity e Browse Divisions Details Enquiry Average Complexity e Report Division Details Output Average Complexity Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 32 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts SCOPE allows you to quickly count standard functionality by generating function blocks of transactions that have their name type and complexity automatically assigned to previously defined default values This is particularly useful in early counting For example Often a logical file will have one or all of the following transactions Create Modify Delete View Browse List and or Report To generate all of these transactions and their file links just locate your cursor on the logical file and select to insert a Template Function Group and SCOPE will automatically generate all the transactions for you You can create multiple Temp
219. on on the tools menu see Flags and Filters Sorting Tree Nodes Ar Doar Hierarchy Trees Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 125 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation SCOPE allows you to sort the nodes on any of the trees You can SORT the whole tree or just from a selected branch downwards on the following fields Names of nodes of any Branch of any Tree This is very useful for documenting your counts so that you can easily locate an item within a list For example you may insert your Data Groups as you identify them and then select to sort the list when you finish enabling easy checking for completeness Links for any Branch of any Tree This is very useful when you have long lists of Data Groups or Notes and need to know exactly which ones are linked to the currently highlighted process without navigating the length of the tree Type for any Function and Data Trees This standardises the documentation of your counts and facilitates locating processes by sorting all your processes under each branch into Inputs Outputs and Enquiries and your Data Groups into Internal Logical Files and External Interface Files Locate your cursor on the branch node you want sorted and right click the mouse If you want all Levels below this level sorted then select Sort Branch All Levels or if you just want to sort the direct descendent children of the current node select Sort
220. only some of the ways in which Function Point Analysis FPA can assist IT management These and other lesser known ways in which FPA can assist IT to move towards best practice in the management of their software products and Processes are discussed in the following sections Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 217 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size The benefits of using measurement to support management decision making can only be achieved if the information supporting these decisions is relevant accurate and timely In order to ensure the quality of their measurement data organisations need to implement a measurement Process The cost of implementing the activities procedures and standards to support the function point counting Process will depend on the size and structure of the organisation and their measurement needs These considerations are discussed in the last section Costs of Implementing Function Point Analysis Customising Packaged Software Background For selected MIS applications implementing a packaged off the shelf solution is the most cost effective and time efficient strategy to deliver necessary functionality to the business All of the benefits and uses of Function Point Analysis which applied to in house development projects as described in the previous section can also apply to projects which tailor a vendor supplied package to an orga
221. or user types Mappings may be made between any other SCOPE tree to the Attributes Tree Once these mappings or Links have been set up they can be recalled at any time and used to selectively profile the application s size for a particular attribute For example linking to a high priority attribute enables you to measure the application s projected size based on the what if scenario that only the high priority functions would be implemented Numerical Attributes are a special class of Attribute Category that allow your count to be profiled quantitatively for project governance project monitoring etc Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 39 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts For example different sets of Notes can be used to record assumptions about the specification background for counting decisions references to project or other related documentation bug reports test cases etc Individual Notes can be written under each of these Note Sets and if desired Linked to nodes in one or more other trees Linking Trees Q Building Hierarchy Trees a Counting Transactions a Counting Logical Files A Link joins two nodes on different trees It records the relationship between the nodes and enables you to later analysis the application based on selected nodes and their Links using criteria that you define Examples of the types of analysis are e Report the Function
222. or restarted Comparison to FPW FPW has a linear relationship between software activities and does not provide e a graphical hierarchical display that describes the Relationship of all the Counts to the Releases to the Applications e a graphical display that describes the multi dimensional relationship between Applications Projects and Counts e a means to record measure and interactively display a project that impacts more than one application e a method to hold over a count and reapply it to the updated baseline when a projects implementation is postponed e a means by which to automatically select to exclude functionality from the baseline update 12 SCOPE makes Count Results freely accessible SCOPE has advanced cross referencing and reporting functionality to enable you to easily do online what if analysis and produce up to 40 different reports instantly SCOPE central repository of counts is able to be accessed concurrently by multiple SCOPE users Previewed reports if accepted can be printed or saved to a file or emailed SCOPE allows you to select to export the report to MSWORD or MSEXCEL or HTML print or preview SCOPE reports Baseline Size Reworked Size and Current Count Size dynamically at the bottom of the screen as you move through the functional model Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 167 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Full Detailed Managemen
223. orts this natural way of thinking by visually arranging information in a way that makes sense It reduces hundreds of pages of functional specifications to a graphical model that can be used to quickly communicate and negotiate software content and project SCOPE with the business user See also Types of Hierarchy Trees in SCOPE Multi Lingual SCOPE allows you to dynamically select your own language for its screen displays messages menus and reports see Main Menu View User Options Languages include e English e Portuguese e Dutch e German e Italian e Spanish e Japanese e Chinese e Korean e French See Changing Language Screen Display and Reports Multi User SCOPE Corporate SCOPE Corporate License Type is designed for large organisations that require concurrent access by multiple users to a SCOPE database It enables storage of all Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 15 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features your function point counts in a central repository that can be updated and or viewed simultaneously by any number of SCOPE Corporate and SCOPE Viewer users To avoid the issues of two users working on the same hierarchy at the same time and moving and changing components SCOPE will lock a Release once it has been opened l e As soon as a User opens a Count for a Release that Release is locked by the User and no other Users will have access to it until the first User s
224. plications Release Projects and Counts such that e A user s business initiative Project may have many change requests that impact one or many different software applications and sometimes have more than one CR that impacts a single Release of one of the applications e Software tends to be developed on a Release based approach rather than an approach where each Change Request resulting in a new production version of the software e Each Release may have one or more Change Requests belonging to either same or different projects These Change Requests need to be individually sized since they contribute to different projects and are often run by different teams and approved independently SCOPE enables a Project to record multiple Impacts across multiple Applications and aggregate Function Point size at Change Request Application Level Release Level and at Project Level SCOPE can record multiple Impacts from multiple projects on an Application concurrently and be able to maintain and report the different Project Impacts independently SCOPE s flexibility allows it to respond to changing project implementation decisions by being able to record the Project Impact on an Application AND be Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 166 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE able to decide to not apply it or to remove it or to hold it over to be applied again at a later date when the project is approved
225. porting Note In IFPUG CPM terminology this report would be equivalent to the size of an Enhancement Project Count for a particular Release of an Application See also Report Selection Reporting the Functional Size in Function Points a Reporting Counts SCOPE conforms to the requirements of the ISO standard 14143 1 and the IFPUG ISO standard 20926 and therefore reports the functional size as Unadjusted Function Points unless stated otherwise SCOPE reports the functional size either e Online o displaying the size for each Application Release and Count in the Project and Applications List Screen o foracurrently displayed Release and its Count Session in the Tree Hierarchy Screen o for a currently displayed Release Count from the Reports List by selecting to Preview the Report or to send to HTML MS Word or MS Excel and then previewing using those applications e Hardcopy o for a currently displayed Release Count from the Reports Selection Screen Main Menu under File by selecting to Print the Report Online Dynamic Display of Functional Size The Functional Size in Unadjusted function points is reported on the status bar below the Main Screen It reports the Release Baseline Functional Size Release Impacted Functional Size Release Reworked Functional Size and the Count Session Impacted Functional Size depending on which one is selected It reports Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 102 SCOPE 4 0
226. ports the Value Reports the VAF Value General System Adjustment value for current Adjustment Characteristics and Factor Release Factor their ratings See Report selected Assessing the Value Adjustment Factor Process and Data SCOPE Measures Processes and IFPUG Detail Reports Data Included Terminology Report Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 98 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Name Report the Release For all Counts Selects all Enhancement Functional Size Impacted recorded under impacted Project Function details of each Size All the current added Point Count for selected individual Sessions Release it changed and the Release Process or Data Counts reports the Size deleted by each note this is an Group It also lists CHART of all Count Session aggregated the names of all the functionality within the count of all Linked nodes impacted by all Release change Attributes Change requests and Notes Release Requests for the Impacted Release Size All Sessions Counts CHART All Counts for a Release Reports These tabular and graphical reports list the results of all counts for the currently selected Release Portfolio Size Reports Reports the baseline impacted and reworked size for all Production WIP Releases and their Counts in both adjusted and unadjusted function points Types of Functional Size Reporting SCOPE reportsM the functional size in 4 different w
227. project The SCOPE Manager uses the functional size model to quantify the fit of each suppliers proposed solution to the original requirements enabling full objective evaluation of the supplier s solution by the quantification of the proportion of extra functionality functionality omitted functionality delivered by a package or functionality that needs to be customised or built Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 210 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Punay wi PULINLIVT Icey UIGA PIV Ww VO YUVIVIINOOM VWI WUIIL Clients Project Metrics Based Project Activities Governance Activities Tender Suppliers Functional gt Price gt Schedule Evaluation Solution atch Suppliers Solution against RFT Requirements Reality check Suppliers bid against initial Cost and Schedule Estimates Select Supplier p5eneti Functional The Scope manager provides an independent Specification evaluation of suppliers price and schedule estimates Quantitative match and evaluation of supplier functional proposal Stage The SCOPE Manager revises the functional size based on the Functional Specification and quantitatively maps the functional requirements to the original RFT Requirement s Specification to provide a percentage match of the RFT to the proposed solution Any omissions ambiguities or inconsistencies in the Functional Specification are highli
228. r the Data Group in the Data Tree structure This provides the most accurate counting capability of any tool currently on the market Ensures traceability and auditability of your counts Note DETs and RETs can be imported from any list recorded in a column in a spreadsheet using the EXCEL Import option SCOPE allows you just to select low average or high default is LOW 171 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE pO Moving from FPW to SCOPE Transaction Complexity The following Commands in Function Point Workbench are mapped to the similar commands in SCOPE Assess Complexity of Elementary Processes Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 172 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 FUNCTION Using Ranges of DETs and FTRs Input values of FTRs and RETs Derive from number of DETs and FTRs linked to the process Guess Low Average High Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 Function Point WORKBENCH Complexity Rating Method Rapid Complexity Rating Method Record DETs FTRs Not available Only available using range selections SCOPE Project Sizing Software Result Source Range Result Source Enter Value Range Result Source Derive Complexity and type automatically derived from RETs and DETs linked and access type Result Source Assessment and select Low Ave High Moving from FPW to SCOPE COMM
229. re e Business data Data Groups e g Customer File that the software can store and access The activity of performing Function Point Analysis is frequently referred to as a Function Point Count and it involves the identification classification and weighting of each of these Process and Data Group components The weighting s are combined to give the Functional Size as an Unadjusted Function Point Count UFP This is the Functional Size as defined by the ISO IEC standard 20926 the IFPUG CPM 4 3 and ISO IEC 14143 1 Before IFPUG 4 3 FPA included an additional optional step that involves assessing the technical and quality features embedded in the software product and adjusting the Functional Size accordingly The result is referred to as the Adjusted Function Point Count AFP or the Product Size FPUG no longer recommends this adjustment to measure functional size The Function Point Analysis technique is used to assess the functionality delivered by software and an unadjusted function point UFP is the unit of measurement Once you have a Function Point count you can use the resultant measure of the software product either on its own or combine it with other measures to develop the following project performance indicators e The SCOPE of the software development product e g software units to be delivered or worked on Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 191 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Backg
230. re are no WIP Releases currently making changes to it Note The Update to Baseline works in a similar way to MS WORD when the User selects to Accept all Changes the resulting document now has the net result of all the editing performed on the working draft Setting up the Model to Count Counting Data The Data Tree Counting Logical Files Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 52 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts JE SCOPE Project Sizing Se Lo File Edit Node Trees View Window Help OSA Ss anl SPV Fr KHKIRRAG ARAB CAR Rr ORRE J SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 191 FPA poles di Fund JP Atib E Dat 2 Note E Deia E Detail Attrbute Da E Motes Function o Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2 Logical Files Counted all these detai Name ASSIGNMENT TYPE fH 74 m Data Group Type DG Type Result Source Description i ev ASSENT Internal File ILF Information is required to be maintained for every GI CLIENTS DETAILS Derived Assignment o E E Client Details External Interface EIF E Client Assignment Notes G Unded C User Select E r4 CONTRACTOR DETAILS e es E CONTRACTOR SKILLS Result Source Hf SKILLS DETAILS C Default Low gt Assessment m DETs Range e 20 2 50 gt 50 EA INVOICES iG Work Tasks TMS Application C Assessment C Average
231. rees use the up and down arrows Search and Find and Replace SCOPE will allow you to search for any item by name on any tree and replace it with alternative text By selecting the MORE gt gt option the search can be further customised to search for Whole words Case sensitive or From Current Position Search and Replace in Function Point Counting Tree Screens gt gt MORE offers additional options of searching on o Node Name and or Description text o Author s Name who Created or Modified the Node o Dates Ranges to search for when the Node was Created or Modified Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 124 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation To use the search function select H Icon press CTRL F or go to Edit on the main menu and select Find and Replace You can select to search up or down the tree By selecting the More gt gt button you can further refine your search options Som oe SS RES RSD M O JJI ILO TS SPH LT PARNASA RRAN CHAKA aOOTZSE Function F Asd 0 i o Dertnet F Amt TOs Function AMS Enh Rel 4 0 Jul 2010 Manage Asisignments Pifstaintain Assignments P Create Assignment B Modity Assignment Rapace win iso P View Print Assignment Detail Ohocien Coa MPeod P List Assignments Date range Cue aaben m Assign Contractors to Assignments 5 Cow Fed Aa Frecinee A A Assign Contractor to Assignment Seach Optoes Remove Contractor Assignment z Look
232. regated impact Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 106 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting For example if your question is display all the Process nodes Linked to three selected Notes then display the Function Tree on the left side and the Note tree on the right side Click on the YES And Filter condition icon as you highlight each of the Notes The Flagged set of Processes Linked to all three Notes will be highlighted with a Flag icon These nodes selected with the Flag can then be reported using the select Flag nodes option Flags can be assigned manually by highlighting the node you want to Flag then selecting the Flag Icon Additional Flags may be overlaid over those derived from the Filter on the main menu or pressing Alt F Flags can be assigned automatically using the Search and Replace function under the Edit Menu The results of the search will be flagged This facilitates selective reporting of all processes and data groups that satisfy specific search criteria Previewing Printing and Exporting Reports All Functional Size Reports can be previewed online and or printed The Functional Size can be reported in Summary or in Detail Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 107 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Detail reports list all the counting details for individual Processes and Data Groups Whilst the Summary reports summarise the res
233. rials explain in detail how to Set up New Count Sessions If the video display does not fit your screen then please adjust the resolution to the highest settings B Set Up New Count Baseline Count Set Up Multiple Counts for Same Release Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 66 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts D U Up New Count Enhancement Count G Application and Project List NNN Application List Project List Benchmark Metrics a Assignment Management System View some Example Counts here E Production Releases m AMS Application Vers 1 0 Sept 2006 129 H i 8 AMS Application Vers 1 1 Feb 2008 136 6 Work In Progress Releases AMS Development Project 1 0 Sept 2006 129 8 AMS Enhancement Project Vers 1 1 Feb 2008 136 E AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 170 i f 005 CR AMS Add new Reports for new Employer Legislation 5 i f 006 Conversion Functions for Version 2 0 9 f 007 CR Skill Qualification dates and also Make changes to Reporting 37 i f 008 CR AMS Receive Time Sheet Information from TRS 37 E 5 Other Releases 8 Archive Backup Version of AMS Development Project 1 0 132 H a Computer Control Automated System Example Case Study Time Recording System Example CFPS Exam Case Study Answers r Unadjusted Function Point Count Release Baseline Size C Releas
234. rios and quantify the project SCOPE of each phase as a means of making objective decisions Questions to which quantitative answers can be provided are Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 231 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size e How much of the interfacing functionality can be avoided by implementing all of the related modules in release one e What is the best combination of potential modules to group within a release to minimise the development of temporary interfacing functions If it is decided to implement the application as a phased development then the size of each release can be optimised to that which is known to be manageable9 This can be easily done by labelling functions with the appropriate Release and performing what if scenarios by including and excluding functions from the SCOPE of the count for the release References and Recommended Reading 1 ISBSG data Benchmark Industry Reports http www isbsg org 2 Morris P M Case Study of a Successful Measurement Program 2007 http www totalmetrics com total metrics articles Software Measurement Case Study paf 3 Morris P M Metrics for Project Governance 2004 http www totalmetrics com function point resources downloads Software Measurement Project Governance pdf 4 Software Productivity Research Capers Jones Softwares Chronic Crisis W Gibbs Scientific American September 1994 5 Souther
235. rk In Progress Release 2 62 Work in Progress Releases 4 19 62 WORKBENCH s es 86 150 SCOPE VIEWET aaaea 112 251
236. rocess or data group or if it should be counted or not For the www link to FP Decision Maker see http www totalmetrics com function points SCOPE Counting 59 swf Levels of Function Point Counting Introduction A function point count can be conducted at a number of levels each of which provides a count which has its e Decisions documented to different levels of detail e Results within different bounds of accuracy The level of detail for a particular count will depend on the purpose for which the count will be used Different purposes will require different degrees of accuracy and detail in the documentation and consequently different counting rates The most Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 193 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size optimal level of counting may not always be able to be achieved in a particular situation since the level actually selected may be constrained by e the quality of project or application documentation available e the time in which the count must be completed This document defines a number of levels of function point counting that are available from Total Metrics We will normally recommend a particular level to you based on how the results will be used and your description of the quality of the information available to provide background on the count However the final decision will rest with the client and the quality of the informa
237. roject e Setting up Numerical Attributes e Setting up User Defaults for Function Point Counting e Snapshot Applications Releases and Counts e Update to Baseline e User Options Set Defaults for SCOPE e Using the Count for Earned Value Reporting e Using the Count for Project Estimation e What is a Benchmark Period e Assigning Project Metrics to Benchmark Periods e Import Export Releases SCOPE License Registration Once SCOPE is installed you will be prompted to register your license details When you purchase SCOPE or are supplied with an Evaluation copy of SCOPE Total Metrics will provide you with your License Registration details These include three fields Organisation Name as supplied by you on your purchase Contact Name name of SCOPE user Serial Number encrypted number that is validated against the Organisation Name and Contact Name Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 10 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started When provided with these three fields you must enter them into the SCOPE License Registration Window when prompted The three fields need to be entered EXACTLY as sent we suggest using copy amp paste from the email message from Total Metrics for simplicity and accuracy E g Contact Name Thomas Vajda Organisation Name Medlit Serial Number 709 amp 4g9 em9 amp fx9 When a new Release of SCOPE is issued you will be sent an updated Serial Number You may also be i
238. round and Articles on Functional Size e Quality indicators e g the number of defects per software unit e Productivity e g the cost per software unit e Performance e g staff resources per software unit SCOPE facilitates a better understanding of a software application by displaying each functional area to be sized in a hierarchical tree display thus providing an easy to interpret map of the application itself What is Functional Size Measurement Functional Size Measurement FSM is a technique for measuring software in terms of the functionality it delivers The ISO IEC standard for Functional Size Measurement 14143 1 2006 defines FSM as a means of quantifying the Functional User Requirements i e functions that the user has required to be delivered For more information on the IFPUG Method for counting function points see Introduction to Function Point Analysis Functional Size can be used for many purposes See Uses amp Benefits of Sizing however it is primarily used at the planning stage for input into project resource estimation calculations for cost effort and schedule At the completion of a project it is used to compare performance in terms of the cost effectiveness and efficiency of the development and support teams FSM measures the functional requirements of the software This means that it can be applied before development commences rather than retrospectively as is the case with other forms of softw
239. rt that only includes those lower level nodes relevant to the Count Session or Release currently selected Each displayed node reports the function point count details such as Process Type and FPs but additionally identifies which nodes are assigned to the currently flagged Attributes It also reports impacts to DETs and RETs You can selectively flag up to 5 different Attributes from the same or different Categories to be highlighted and summed on the report We developed this report at the request of our users and believe it will soon be SCOPE s most popular report Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 139 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope Attribute FP Size Release Impacted Application Name Assignment Management System View some Example Counts here Release Name AMS Development Project V 1 0 Sept 2006 Project Details New Development Count Session Details AMS Development AMS Development Proj int Project Report EPs linked to the selected Attributes Impacted by the Release Selection Filter Report Highlights Priority allocated to implementing in First Release Impact Type Function Hierarchy A Added Linked Attributes Total UFPs C Changed D Deleted AB MANAGE ASISIGNMENT S GROUP TOTAL 58 tA Maintain Assignments Group Total 25 A441 Create Assignment El a 6 A C 1141 2 Modify Assignment El a 6 A E 4al Delete Assignment Details El c 3 A D 11 4 Vie
240. rt the total functionality impacted using the Release Rework Functional Size Report Option The Baseline Application Count is protected from being mistakenly updated by an earlier count that overwrites later changes You are given the option to hold over a count if it is not to be applied to this baseline or to exclude a count in which case it is not used to update the baseline useful for conversion counts Moving from FPW to SCOPE File Complexity The following Commands in FPW are mapped to the similar commands in SCOPE Assessing Complexity of Logical Data Groups Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 FUNCTION Using Ranges of RETS and DETs Input numbers of DETs and RETs Derive from names of DETs and RETs listed for Data Group Guess Low Average High Function Point WORKBENCH Complexity Rating Method Rapid Complexity Rating Method Record DETs FTRs can be derived from the numbers entered Not Available Only available using range selections Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE Project Sizing Software Result Source Range Result Source Enter Value Result Source Derived Result Source Assessment Moving from FPW to SCOPE COMMENTS SCOPE Features SCOPE Default is Low Type undefined SCOPE automatically derives BOTH the number of RETs and the DETs recorded fo
241. rts can be saved or printed in the following formats e Snapshot Viewer files Snapshot Viewer is free from Microsoft and downloadable from the WWW e Snapshot Viewer files and sent as an Email Attachment from the Report Preview window e PDF files if you have a copy of Adobe Distiller e MS Office Image Writer files Users with MSOffice 2003 or later e MS EXCEL workbook Users with MSAccess 2000 or later e MS WORD document Users with MSAccess 2000 or later Benchmarking Data can also be exported and reported in e MS EXCEL SCOPE Analytics Pivot Chart reports e Clear Blue Water WWW based Analytics Portal SCOPE Connect for drill down and interactive ISBSG reporting Single Database File for Ease of Administration SCOPE Database single Microsoft Access Compatible File Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 185 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE SCOPE databases are easily identified and saved as a single FPA file that is Microsoft Access compatible Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 186 Background and Articles on Functional Size Introduction to Function Point Analysis Background Function Point Analysis FPA is a technique used to size the software work product This work product is the output of software new development and enhancement projects It is the software which is migrated to the production application at project impleme
242. s Business Areas would be listed as an Attribute e g HR Accounts Marketing etc Processes specific to that business area could then be associated by linking to that node on the Attribute Tree Usually every process would be linked to one or more attributes in a Category Typically an organisation would have a standard set of Attribute Categories defined so that they can profile the reporting in a standardised way Attributes can have values assigned to them so they can be used to selectively quantify your functionality Processes and Data Groups See Numerical Attributes Notes in comparison are usually created to be specific to one Process or Data Group but they may be linked to more than one node in the case of a generic Note Notes are designed to be used for textual descriptions about a Process or Data Group rather than for using as a means of profiling the model Typically Notes are specific to a particular Application Release or Count Session rather than being applicable for all Applications within an organisation SCOPE has multiple hierarchy trees that provide a multi dimensional map of the software application s functionality This map enables you to develop what if scenarios for measuring different sets of functions based upon selected nodes in other Trees For example you might choose to map specific functions against a particular Category of Attributes such as different developers implementation priorities
243. s and their percentage contribution for the processes and data groups assigned to the different attributes These percentages are reported with respect to the entire Baseline Count or can be further refined to only report for the particular Release or Count Session See Reports Attribute FP Size Profiles This new report allows you to interactively report the percentage of functionality that satisfies different attributes E g The percentage of High Priority functionality compared to Optional or percentage of a package that needs reconfiguring rather Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 146 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope than be coded Customise your attributes so you can report on your own profiles to support your decision making 7 Process and Data Groups assigned a zero multiplier is now display highlighted blue Immediately highlights if a process or data group has been turned off and is not contributing to the count 8 The Notes Icon now shows when it includes a description if a Note has additional text in the description field the Notes Icon changes from to Allows you to quickly discern if there is additional information about the Note in the description that may be of interest Overview of New SCOPE 1 9 Features 1 Export Reports SCOPE enables you to send and save any of the tabular or text reports to e Micros
244. s on Functional Size Specifically these output based metrics based on function point analysis has enabled suppliers to e Quantitatively and objectively differentiate themselves from their competitors e Quantify extent of annual improvement and achievement of contractual targets e Negotiate price variations with clients based on an agreed metric e measure financial performance of the contract based on unit cost of output e At contract renewal be in a stronger bargaining position supported by an established set of metrics Conversely these output based metrics based on function point analysis has enabled clients to e Objectively assess supplier performance based on performance outputs delivered rather than concentrating on inputs consumed e Establish quantitative performance targets and implement supplier penalties and bonuses based on achievement of these targets e Measure the difference between internal IT costs compared to the cost of outsourcing based on similar output e Quantitatively compare competing suppliers at contract tender evaluation stage Most of the international outsourcing companies use function point based metrics as part of their client service level agreements Whilst this method of contract management is relatively new its proponents are strong supporters of the usefulness of the technique In our experience once an outsourcing contract has been based on Function Point metrics subsequent contract renewals expand on
245. s the top of the screen allow you to select the degree of expansion from 1 level to 4 levels The Expand Groups button g will expand the tree to just the Function Level of each branch Expand n levels allows you to choose the level of expansion Moving and Copying Nodes a Building Hierarchy Trees Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 122 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation SCOPE makes it easy to expand and collapse trees and to insert delete move copy and paste nodes in a tree Nodes can only be moved within the same Release and within the same tree To move a node or a branch of nodes use the Windows Drag and Drop feature i e highlight and hold down the left hand mouse key and drag the node s to their target destination Nodes can be copied within the same Release or into any other Release that is ina currently open SCOPE database However they may only be pasted into the same tree type that they were copied from To copy a node or a branch of nodes use the Windows copy paste commands i e highlight and hold down the left hand mouse key and the Ctrl key and drag the copied node s to their target destination All Copy Paste commands are available from the Edit menu Right Click Mouse menu or the shortcut keys If you only want to copy the links associated with a node then highlight the node you want to select Links from and select Copy Links from
246. s to Text and Exporting SCOPE Reports to MS WORD and MS EXCEL Sending SCOPE Reports via Email If you want to enable someone else to view the output from your function point count you can do this several ways 1 Send all the Count Information and Instructs to download SCOPE Viewer Use the Snapshot Release or Count function to extract the count data to a clean SCOPE database Email the database as an attachment with instructions to the person receiving it to download SCOPE Viewer and install so they can view all the count details and run any extra reports 2 Email the Reports as you View them Online SCOPE uses a MS product Snapshot Viewer to preview reports You can right click on the attachment and select Save As to save the Snapshot Viewer Report or send to another user For other users to view a Snapshot viewer file they need to double click on the file name to display or print the report If their Windows system does not already have Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 112 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting Snapviewer installed then they can download the Snapshot Viewer application free from the Microsoft website http support microsoft com kb 175274 Click on the link save the file on your PC and then run the install program This will install Snapshot viewer on your PC Then just click on the files and they can be previewed printed and saved 3 Email the Reports extracted
247. se e French e German e Italian e Chinese e Japanese e Korean e Dutch e Spanish e etc Now you can function point count in your language and report to your users in their language 2 Automated Counting SCOPE Function Block Templates SCOPE 2 2 allows you to quickly count standard functionality by generating function blocks of transactions that have their name type and complexity automatically assigned to previously defined default values This is particularly useful in early counting Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 141 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope For example Often a logical file will have one or all of the following transactions Create Modify Delete View Browse List and or Report To generate all of these transactions and their file links just locate your cursor on the logical file and select to insert a Template Function Group and SCOPE will automatically generate all the transactions for you You can create multiple Template Function Groups and set up default name type and complexity and whether they update or only read a file Once you have set up your default templates SCOPE allows you to import and export them for future use by yourself or your colleagues Fie Edit Node Trees Vie Window Help Ca S seele FS R Functio attibute EDs Notes Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 w Manage Asi
248. se in the same database SCOPE displays the name of the User currently working on a count Other Users can open and access any other Release in the Database that is not specifically Locked SCOPE Professional has all the features of SCOPE Corporate but operates in the same mode as previous versions of SCOPE and is ideal for organisations that prefer to store their SCOPE counts locally and only need single user access at any one time to the database Users can upgrade current licenses from SCOPE Professional to SCOPE Corporate to take advantage of having global accessibility to your counts Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 91 SCOPE Reporting SCOPE Report List a Y Reporting Counts Use the Menu Option Report Selection or Ctrl P to list the available reports for printing or preview Press to expand the report group to select one or more individual reports for sending to the printer or viewing all content online Reports displayed online can be saved as a PDF file using Acrobat Distiller select to Print or sent as an email attachment via MSOutlook Clicking on the top branch will select all reports select to Send Reports can also be exported to HTML MS EXCEL or MS WORD NOTE If the reports do not display in Preview Mode Go to View Screen Display Options and insert the location of the Runtime Version of Microsoft Access This has been installed when SCOPE was installed but the directory location ma
249. see Types of Hierarchy Trees HINT The lowest level of the function tree process level is the level at which function points are assigned If you do not wish to take the time to model your software then create a single Function node and just list your processes below Recording Processes on the Function Tree e Press Alt Ins to insert Function Folder nodes These represent the major functional areas of the software Insert the name of the node on the RH side Detail view or double click the node name or press F2 to rename e Continue decomposing the software hierarchically by inserting functions until you reach a stage where you identify individual elementary Processes e Press Ins to insert an elementary Process e Use the detail view select the Details Tab at the top of the screen or double click the node to enter the Functional Size details of Process Type and Complexity The Process type defaults to Input and the complexity to Average e Select any of the following options from Result Source to override the default complexity Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 27 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e Range select the appropriate range of DETs unique fields entering or exiting the Process and FTRs unique Data Groups accessed by the Process e Assessment select Low Average or High e Enter Value insert the actual number of DETs and FTRs e Default accept the ind
250. select to Insert Template Function Group SCOPE will display the dialogue box to allow you to select which type of Template Group you want to generate Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 34 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts e Follow instructions as per the Function Tree e When the Function branch is created you will see that all the processes have automatically linked to the selected Data Group with the Link Type Update or Read Only that was pre assigned for the Process verb in the template In the example below the Function Group Manage ASSIGNMENT LOCATION DETAILS Information was automatically generated when the cursor was located on ASSIGNMENT LOCATION DETAILS ILF All the Inputs have been assigned Update links to the ASSIGNMENT LOCATION DETAILS File IGeeVDAUBS ATAI IDA RASS FREER LAAARO Sfeectas F ici Bom News O Leta E amema Weta CLS B Function AMS EnA Rel 40 Jal 2010 E I Data AMS Ervh Rel 40 hd 2010 Manage Auugrrmenti L Logeal fam Counted s a ms amp Manage Contraco teg ASSIGNMENT TyPE MATT Tenga Function Group A Manage Skits ASSIGNMENT Manage Ciets O CUINTS DETALS Latent T aata a Manage Avdt Hitory od CONTRACTOR DETAN s z gt y CELA P CONTRACTOR sous mOoi ESENE ICAP DETE Add ASSIGNMENT LOCATION OETARS of SEALS DETALS Sa ade Modly ASSIGNMENT LOCATION OF TALS 2 pevorts
251. senidncitneneneacnenceacinendine 186 ESC A 118 ES HINTING sissies nien 217 Estimating Project Resource Requirements 226 Evaluating Requirements 226 Example Software Project 4 Excel eerie 84 93 109 EXCEL template cccceeee 84 Exclusive AND Filter 0 0 104 Expand coreana A 122 EXpOrt is credticrnadetteranatusiaasades 77 82 109 Export a Release cceeeeee 82 Export a Whole Tree or Part of a Tree Sie nated etalon AEE O EE 82 Export Count Session e 79 Export Release cceeeeeeees 82 Export to Metrics Repository 79 Export to SPR Knowledge Plan 78 245 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Export Tree sisscdetinaierceieicnnis 82 122 Export your Template Function Groups N E EE AT 130 Extended Length for Names and Descriptions eeeeeeeeteeeeeeeees 182 External File 00anneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eneee 24 External Files eeeeeeseeeeeeees 186 F F2 a A E E 118 FS a 118 PIET estes cantostets scans ssasasdeescieateceabedetes 104 Filter Mode ossessione 104 Filter Se biscisciccccicendssadeercevndcomdnendsadeten 104 PUIG A 124 First Function Point Count 2 Flags and Filters eee 104 FP Decision Maket 000 191 FPA eee 185 FPW esate ene eea EEE 86 166 FPW A iese er cree we nr onter ir ner 86 FPW ca rene ce ee eet ee ree eee 86 FPW G oarre
252. shortcuts Key s Action F2 Rename currently highlighted text F5 Refresh Function Point calculation on Status Line This option can be turned on and off using Menu View Options Dynamic FP Calculation F1 Online Help Utility shortcuts Key s Action Alt Ins Insert a level 1 parent node Alt Ins Shift Insert a level 2 parent node Data Tree only Insert Insert a lowest level child node Esc Undo changes made to the current node name Shift Up Arrow Move the current node up the tree Shift Down Move the current node down the tree Arrow Delete Delete the current node Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 119 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation Ctrl Chd Copy the current selection to the Windows clipboard Ctr E Search and Replace Ctrl X Cut the current selection to the Windows clipboard Ctrl V Paste the contents of the Windows clipboard at the current position Ctrl T Insert Template Function Group Alt F Toggles to Flag unflag the current node Space bar Toggle a Link on or off in Link mode Alt 1 Set Filter Condition to Yes in Filter mode Alt 2 Set Filter Condition to Or in Filter mode Alt 3 Set Filter Condition to No in Filter mode Alt 4 Clear Filter condition in Filter mode Change the Count Session in the Display Above the status line at the bottom of the Function Point Counting Hierarchy screen is a pull down list of available Count Sessions for the
253. shot Viewer to display its reports online In some instances when MS Office is re installed on a computer the Microsoft install Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 About SCOPE process overwrites the link between SCOPE and Snapshot Viewer so the reports will no longer display Just uninstall and re install SCOPE and the problem is fixed See also SCOPE License Registration Machine Requirements Intel based personal computer e Windows XP Service Pack 3 e Windows Vista e Windows 7 Service Pack 1 100 Mb of hard disk space 16 Mb of RAM Intended Audience This User s Guide is intended to be read by software project managers business analysts software developers or anyone who intends to use SCOPE to e Quantitatively size their software using ISO IEC 20926 IFPUG 4 3 unadjusted or IFPUG CPM 4 3 functional sizing Methodology e Collect Applications Development and Maintenance and Support Metrics for productivity and quality reporting e Quantitatively size their software project for input into project effort cost and schedule estimates e Manage their software application portfolio by recording a quantitative audit trail of functional changes for each release mapping changes to a specific change request release or project e Graphically model the functionality of their software projects or applications for documentation and SCOPE negotiation purposes Copyright Total
254. signments Detai Data AMS Application Vers 2 0 May 2009 Oe Logical Files Counted all these details can be importe wo Manage Contractors ASSIGNMENT TYPE fl Manage Skills ASSIGNMENT wl Manage Clients E CLIENTS DETAILS w Manage INVOICES Information CONTRACTOR DETAILS gt Add INVOICES I CONTRACTOR SKILLS gt Modify INVOICES SKILLS DETAILS gt Delete INVOICES INVOICES View INVOICES Work Tasks TMS Application amp Browse INVOICES Report INVOICES L Data Elements cross boundary not stored LI Technical Files Not Counted a Insert Template Function Group Select Template Standard one zl Insert Object Name INVOICES X 006 Conversion Functions for Version 2 0 z Enhancement Type Setup Calculate FP Size Release Baseline Release Impacted Ready Function 145 UFPs Data 50 UFPs Total 195 UFPs Overview of New SCOPE 2 0 Features 1 Multiple counters simultaneously count the same Baseline SCOPE enables you to count your Change Requests off line and then merge your count back into the master copy of the Work in Progress Release so other counters changes are retained when your changes are recorded Alternatively you can merge a previous count for a project that you put on hold into your latest Baseline Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2
255. splay a message asking you to be patient for very large databases as they may take several minutes to import SCOPE converts all the db and px files from the FPW database into a single SCOPE FPA database file saved under the new file name you input Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 85 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Please contact Total Metrics admin totalmetrics com if you experience any difficulty and our support team will assist you Export Single Snapshot of Count Project Release or Application SCOPE allows you extract via a snapshot Lo ad save into a new database a o Application with all its Releases and Count Sessions o Release with all its Count Sessions o Count Session for a Release has all the nodes in the Release but with only the selected Count Session impacts highlighted o Project within a SCOPE database exports ALL Count Sessions across all Applications impacted by the Project For each Count Session in the project it exports all the nodes in the Release but with only the selected Count Session impacts highlighted All LS nap Shot files include all the relevant details about the Application Release Project and Count Session SCOPE saves these details in a new SCOPE Database This provides an added level of security of your portfolio data in that it allows you to extract only the Counts relevant to the counter or the person who is viewing the co
256. ss environments Over time these applications have been patched and expanded until they have grown to monstrous proportions Frustrated by long delays in implementing changes lack of support for their technical platform and expensive support costs management will often decide to redevelop the entire application For many organisations this strategy of rebuilding their super large applications has proved to be a disaster resulting in cancellation of the project mid development Industry figures show that the risk of project failure rapidly increases with project size Projects less than 6500 function points have a risk of failure of less than 20 in comparison with projects over 5000 function points which have a probability of cancellation close to 40 7 This level of risk8 is unacceptable for most organisations Assessing planned projects for their delivered size in function points enables management to make informed decisions about the risk involved in developing large highly integrated applications or adopting a lower risk phased approach described below Phasing Development If the project manager decides on a phased approach to the project development then related modules may be relegated to different releases This strategy may require temporary interfacing functionality to be built in the first release to be later decommissioned when the next module is integrated The function point count allows project managers to develop what if scena
257. ssed as can the rework Functions can be prioritised and different scenarios can be sized to assist with making decisions on which changes are included or excluded Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 19 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features The activity of performing a Function Point count proceeds through a series of prescribed procedural steps When this methodology is applied consistently the Function Point size result is repeatable and the software size can be universally compared with the size of other software projects or applications SCOPE Training e 1 hour free online interactive training in SCOPE features book your session now with Total Metrics admin totalmetrics com e In house half day training sessions in all the features and functions of SCOPE with practical exercises to complete e 1 day full SCOPE training integrated into the FPA Process so you know how to use which features of SCOPE for each FPA counting step e 3 day intensive IFPUG certified training course in applied IFPUG function point analysis and using SCOPE For details on Locations and times for training sessions contact admin totalmetrics com or your local SCOPE distributor For full details of Training content visit http Awww totalmetrics com training software metrics Mapping SCOPE terms to IFPUG and IT Terminology The terminology differences between how SCOPE works and how clients describe their Applica
258. ssued with a new Serial Number if your type of SCOPE license changes For example from an Evaluation Version to a full production version or from SCOPE Professional to SCOPE Corporate To update the Registration Details of an installed version of SCOPE select Help Change License Details from under the main menu SCOPE Support Support for SCOPE Project Sizing Software SCOPE is available free o forthe first year after purchase o for any SCOPE users with a current maintenance agreement However experience has shown us that our users require very little support since SCOPE is very easy to learn and use Please read all the hints in the HELP text and do the SCOPE tutorials to fully understand the full flexibility of the product We welcome feedback from SCOPE users and many of the new features and functions we have implemented in SCOPE are the direct result of Users having a need and letting us know If you think of a feature that would help you in recording managing validating reporting your counts please let us know and we will review the potential for other users also needing it and prioritise it accordingly To register any suggestions or give us feedback about SCOPE contact us using our online Feedback form Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 11 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started http www totalmetrics com function points forms feedback form Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003
259. st The size is reported in the status bar at the bottom of the screen or can be seen in detail by selecting the Reporting Selection option under the Main Menu SCOPE e Can be used to measure the size of a functional branch of the hierarchy by selecting a node at any level e Can use Flags to select sets of function and or Process nodes for selective measurement e Can be used to selectively record and report functions impacted by a project using an impact Count Session SCOPE allows you to perform the optional step of evaluating an application s General Systems Characteristics to calculate the Value Adjustment Factor for the application for that Release The Functional Size can then be combined with a Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 26 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Value Adjustment Factor to take into account quality and technical characteristics which will then give a product size in Adjusted Function Points Recording and Counting Transactions Counting Transactions The Function Tree and the Data Tree are used to model the functionality delivered by the software that will be function point counted The Function Tree is where the Transactions Elementary Processes are recorded The Data Tree is where the Data Groups or logical files ILFs and EIFs are counted The Attributes Tree and Notes Tree are used for selective profiling and documenting the functionality
260. stems each of which will need to record and report its impact SCOPE allows for each Physical System to have its own Work Package for the Project This Work Package is measured in a Count Session SCOPE therefore allows the user to record one or more Count Sessions for each Physical System impacted by the Project in the Boundary Or if the User wanted they could combine all impacts for the Project into one count session Each count session records the impact within a single Application Boundary and is linked to a single project However a Project may have assigned to it many count sessions impacting many application Boundaries A project can also have more than one count session for a single Application Boundary E g One for each work package or one or more for each Physical system impacted SCOPE recognises that Logical Applications from a User View has an Application Boundary Therefore the Count Session for an Application will only include functions transactions and data groups that are accessed by transactions within that Application boundary Physical Systems can be recorded within the Logical Application Model as belonging to the Application Boundary SCOPE recognises and incorporates the concept that Logical Applications from a User View may incorporate one or more physical systems and that one or more Projects may impact these systems concurrently See SCOPE Architecture Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003
261. t e New Group 3e New Verb Template verb Scrol to Select 7 Name Standard one Name Add Prefix Manage Type input Suffix Information Complexity Average X Link Type Update Import Export Import Export D Reverse Update Importing and Exporting Template Function Groups Export your Template Function Groups to save as a file that can be later Imported into another SCOPE database and merged with any existing Template Function Groups Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 132 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation Changing Language Screen Display and Reports SCOPE is multi lingual and provides the User with the option to change the Language for the screen displays messages menus and reports When you install SCOPE it automatically defaults to the Language pre set by the operating system of your computer To change this language at any time after installation Open View on the Main Menu and select User Options The last Option is Language If you click Manual then SCOPE allows you to select from the list of available languages The default language is English If SCOPE does not display your language then please contact us at www totalmetrics com Languages include e Dutch e Portuguese e Spanish e Italian e French e German e Japanese e Chinese e Korean e English e etc Copyri
262. t Models amp Change Control odel and Monitoring Metrics Benefit The Scope Manager provides an independent assessment of completeness of the Functional Requirements Quantifies the different functional solutions to fit budget and schedule constraints Expert advice for pricing changes and performance reporting Changes introduced during the Project Build to Implementation The SCOPE Manager is tasked with the quantification of Client Change Requests based on functional size of impact This is used as a basis for pricing negotiations enabling the client to assess the price of Change Requests prior to submission to the supplier and know they are being fairly charged for their required changes The SCOPE Manager uses the size of the change to establish the revised project SCOPE as a means of evaluating the suppliers revised project delivery date Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 212 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Clients Project Metrics Based Project Activities Governance Activities User Requirements Requirements Functional Change ae Assessment amp gt Analysis Refinement Budget and Schedule Quantify size of Constraints change for Pricing 4 e Revised Cost and lt 4 Update Baseline Schedule Estimates Functional Size Implement Change Benefit The Scope manager provides an independent objective assessment of the size of
263. t Reports are generated online within seconds in print preview mode The Count Detail Reports actually report the level of detail that a process or data group was counted E g displays the ranges or actual number of RETs or DETS This is useful for auditing count results SCOPE allows you to extract your count using the Snapshot option to send the full count details to a client The client can then download SCOPE Viewer free from the Total Metrics WWW site and install it so they can investigate all aspects of the count print all reports or provide comments and send it back in softcopy to the counter Comparison to FPW e FPW has only one summary function point count report that can be selected to be displayed The other Detailed Function Point Counting reports need to be printed as hard copy or published by saving to a file To view the published information online requires the output report to be first named and saved to an XML file then opened This sequence takes several steps to complete in order to view the information If the report indicates an error or omission in the count the count needs to be fixed and then all the steps in the publishing process repeated Download your evaluation copy of SCOPE today and start counting and see the differences for yourself Moving from FPW to SCOPE Types of Counts The following Commands in FPW are mapped to the similar commands in SCOPE Application Baseline Project F
264. t option allows you to review any changes to a count and have a full history of when those changes were made and by whom This is particularly useful for SCOPE Corporate multi user environments when multiple users can maintain a count Use Find and Replace to search on Dates changes were made or Author s name If you are unsure of who made any changes then put an Kn in the search box all changes by all Authors for the selected dates will be highlighted Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 89 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts ao etieee a ie e OSA ss ABR SPV Ft RERA MRAR CAR ROTOLE B SCOPEEXAMPLEDATABASEVER30191 FPA e die Fun J Atrio E Data E Note IE Des Detail Attribute E Data E Notes Function E Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 Mi g Manage Asisignments Name Create Assignment Eg Maintain Assignments m Process Type Description fe E T Input User is able to enter data about a new Assignment and to allocated contractors to Modify Assignment C Dupa the assignment e View Print Assignment Deta op List Assignments Date range Inquiry i ae dip Assign Contractors to Assignmer Undefined Gj Manage Assignment Types Manage Contractors GE pee Manage Skills Result Source Assessment DETs Range Enter Yalue C Default C 4 C 1 DETs oq Manage Clients Ciasecnert i
265. t swapping windows Comparison to FPW o FPW does not record who changed count components and when o FPW requires opening up excessive windows just to link to a new File Note or Label For example it takes 6 mouse clicks just to link an existing file and 5 windows to add a new file and link it to the process o FPW requires the user to sift through layers of windows to create links of any kind o FPW displays both Files and Notes in a flat list of which the order and grouping can only be sorted alphabetically their order or sequence Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 164 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE cannot be customised Does not display which Transactions are linked to a particular Note or File without selecting the Note or File and running a specific query o Without referring to the individual details reports FPW does not report how individual Processes or Data Groups were counted FPW transaction and File list Reports only show High Ave or Low complexity o Labels in FPW can only be assigned to Transactions and not Data which provides very limited capability in profiling counts 10 SCOPE facilitates more Accurate and Consistent Counting SCOPE has an inbuilt expert system FP Decision Maker designed by authors and reviewers of the IFPUG Counting Practices Manual that steps counters through the IFPUG CPM decision logic when trying to determine the type or complexity of
266. t the Access Type is Read Only Red tick To change the Access Type of a Linked Data Node display the Data Tree on the RH side select the data node and click the tick will change colour from Red for Read Only to Blue for Update a second click will remove the link Alternatively you can view the access type and change it by right clicking the mouse when located on the Data Node and select Access Type then Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 45 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts select Update or Read Only Access Type can only be set if the data node is already Linked to a function or Process node SCOPE allows linking of individual processes to DETs listed in the Data Groups Tree If a DET is linked then the link is automatically assumed also by the parent RET and the Data Group If you link at this level then SCOPE will count the linked DETs when it derives the number of DETs and FTRs for the Process HINT If you want to include additional DETs that are not stored on a Logical File in the DETs counted for a linked process then create a File Folder in the Data Groups Tree to store these DETs and then link them Examples of DETs that cross the boundary but are not stored are Messages Action Control DETs Calculated totals etc Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 46 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts The Notes Tree fi
267. tal Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 227 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size cost of re engineering the business to adapt the current business Processes to those delivered by the package These costs are usually not a consideration for in house developed software Negotiating SCOPE Initial project estimates often exceed the sponsors planned delivery date and budgeted cost A reduction in the SCOPE of the functionality to be delivered is often needed so that it is delivered within a predetermined time or budget constraints The functional hierarchy provides the sketch pad to do SCOPE negotiation l e it enables the project manager and the user to work together to identify and Flag label those functions which are e mandatory for the first release of the application e essential but not mandatory e optional and could be held over to a subsequent release The SCOPE of the different scenarios can then be quickly determined by measuring the Functional Size of the different scenarios E g the project size can be objectively measured to determine what the size and cost and duration would be if e all functions are implemented e only Mandatory functions are implemented e only Mandatory and Essential functions are implemented This allows the user to make more informed decisions on which functions will be included in each release of the application based on their relative priority compared to wh
268. tant concept of working with SCOPE is that of the pi Count Session Session tracks the changes impacts of the User Requirements for the software within a particular release A Count Session would typically be set up for a Change Request or a group of Change Requests It corresponds to an Enhancement Count in the IFPUG Terminology if the change is to an existing application For a planned application then the Count Session would correspond to a Development Count The Project implementing the Change Requests can be created in the Project list along with the type of project selected when entering the Count Session Details As a special case a Count Session can also be set up to record the background of a functional sizing activity for a Baseline Production Release Hint A Project can be linked to many different Count Sessions within many different Applications This enables you to size the SCOPE of change of a Business Requirement which has a project that impacts multiple applications The total project size sum of all the counts for all the applications linked to the project is reported in the Project Details Report or online for each project in the Project List by selecting the radio button Project Impacted Size One Release may have many Count Sessions The Releases are displayed in the list in bolded typeface with a padlock icon whilst the Count Sessions are K displayed under a Release as regular typeface and have a ca
269. tc can contain child nodes of the same level or lower e Level n nodes cannot contain any other child nodes They represent the lowest level e Level n nodes can be inserted directly within the root node However we recommend that you insert a level 1 or 2 node first e For certain trees nodes of different types i e RETs and DETs cannot mix on the same Level of a branch of a tree To insert or edit tree nodes use either e Node menu at the top of the screen select Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 121 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation e Alt Insert parent nodes and Insert keys child nodes e Mouse right click pop up menu For very fast insertion of multiple standard sets of process nodes use the Insert Template Function Group feature Expanding and Collapsing Trees TETEE EE There are several sets of commands for expanding trees to show additional levels and collapsing them to show only the higher levels These work in the same way as Windows Explorer and many other standard tree based applications e Mouse commands click the and signs next to nodes e Keyboard commands expand or collapse the tree based on the currently selected node SCOPE remembers which nodes were expanded previously after the branch of the tree is collapsed i e if the branch is expanded again it will be restored to its previous condition The expand tree Buttons acros
270. td 2003 2011 216 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size Uses and Benefits of Sizing Introduction Industry experience has shown that an emphasis on project management and control offsets much of the risk associated with software projects One of the major components of better management and control of both in house development and a package implementation is measurement This includes measurement of e The SCOPE of the project e g e software units to be delivered e performance indicators of efficiency and cost effectiveness e g e cost per unit of software delivered e staff resources per unit of software delivered e elapsed time to deliver a unit of software e quality indicators e g e number of defects found per unit of software delivered The outcome of a Function Point count provides the metric unit of software delivered and can be used to assist in the management and control of software development customisation or major enhancements from early project planning phases through to the ongoing support of the application Knowing the software size facilitates the creation of more accurate estimates of project resources and delivery dates and facilitates project tracking to monitor any unforeseen increases in SCOPE The measurement of the performance indicators enables benchmarking against other development teams and facilitates better estimating of future projects These are
271. ted back into the master Repository in SCOPE SCOPE SNAPSHOT allows the Count administrator to control access to sensitive counts in the Master Repository by extracting on the relevant count information for counters to work on Allows counters to count remotely on a small database for additional speed then merge their count back into the current baseline at a later date It also allows a counter to SNAPSHOT their count to distribute for review with SCOPE Viewer 4 Automatic Recovery If your operating system crashes or your network fails while you have an open SCOPE database the next time you open SCOPE it will ask if you want to recover your unsaved file If you confirm then your previous set of changes will be saved and your database re instated SCOPE now ensures that you will never again lose data due to untimely system interrupts 5 Reporting all Trees As Displayed SCOPE allows extra refinement to all reporting so that only the nodes expanded on the trees as they are currently displayed on screen will print on the reports The selection can be further narrowed by using the existing report filters of only reporting from the branch downwards flagged nodes or only the nodes impacted by the Count Session or Release This feature further enables customised reporting so you only report what you need to see 6 Reporting Count Values filtered by Attributes SCOPE will report the actual number of function point
272. teeeeeeeees 16 Data Hierarchy Tree ceeeeee 16 Data Notes ccccccceeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeees 93 Data Tree 24 27 54 244 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Default Complexity Count 196 BIST A EEE E 4 118 Delete Count Session 000 179 Derived cs sig ects avn edo iernii sayna inaia 27 Description Reports c 93 DET renee a renee 16 24 54 56 121 PIG TAlllcissstcccoonesedidaaibadasanedeceamaisadsassatates 4 Detail Reports ccceeeeeeeeeees 93 Detailed Analysis and Tracking using Notes and Attributes 200 36 Detailed Count cceeeeeeeeees 195 Detailed Linked and Flagged Count EE AEE E AE AEE 192 Detailed Linked Count 00 194 BY beers eee e arcane ne eee arrears 16 Development Project Function Point COUME enee 93 Development Project Size 99 Display LINKS cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeteees 49 Down ArroW ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 118 Te sce ecnpneti ete EA 133 E Early project estimation 200 Ease of USC cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 178 edit tree nodes ceeeeeeeees 121 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 ElF cca tiie toi E 24 EWAN E E EE E EE 93 111 Englishin eese teresa 133 Enhancement Counts eee 2 Enhancement Project Counts 99 Enhancement Project Function Point COUNT aerea E OTA 93 Enquiries aiceadncsei
273. the Edit Menu Ctrl L highlight the target node that will receive the links and select Paste Links Alt L This function leaves the target node unchanged and only adds the copied links to any existing links Note you can also use the SCOPE Export Tree option under Edit to export a node branch or whole tree SCOPE saves the exported Tree Nodes into an XML file that can be later imported back into a SCOPE Release using the Import Tree function See also Import Export Within SCOPE database See also Using the Mouse to Copy and Move and Keyboard Shortcuts Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 123 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation Using the Mouse to Copy and Move Building Hierarchy Trees You can use the mouse to copy and move nodes in the tree in a similar way to Windows Explorer TM e Click on the node you wish to move drag it to the new location and release the mouse to drop it By default dragging a node moves it e f you want to copy a node hold down the Ctrl key when you release the mouse button e To move anode up or down a branch in the tree press Shift Key and UP or DOWN Arrow When you move or copy a node you will be prompted to respond if you also want to move or copy the Session impact types and Links for the node If you answer No then only the node details will be transferred To move nodes up and down the Application Project or Benchmarking Metrics T
274. the Project Details then the Project Delivery Rate PDR of the project is also displayed and reported Highlight the count and it will display its associated Release and Application double click it to open it Easy aggregation and reporting of a Projects counts across multiple Applications 2 Everyone can now have free access to view all Count Details with SCOPE Viewer SCOPE counts can now be viewed by the user or count reviewer using the free downloadable reader SCOPE Viewer This free publicly available SCOPE reader is downloadable from the Total Metrics WWW site allows viewing and reporting on all aspects of the count SCOPE ensures that you can easily share your count results with anyone they can run their own reports and review all your counting decisions Saves you time by not needing to run multiple reports to distribute Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 145 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope 3 Selectively extract Snapshots of Releases or Counts SCOPE allows you extract a Release with all its counts or just a Count Session for a Release and all their details and save them in a new SCOPE Database This provides an added level of security of your portfolio data in that it allows you to extract only the Counts relevant to the counter Once they have made their changes to the count then the whole Release or just the Count Session can be exported and impor
275. the status line displays the position of the currently selected node in outline numbered format This address changes you move around the hierarchy and the highlighted node changes The dynamic node address automatically updates as nodes are inserted and deleted from the tree e Count Session List lists all the Count Sessions within the current Release Select the Count Session you want to display from the Combo Box No Session Enhancement Type C Add C Chane Delete C Nolmp Calculate FP Size Release Baseline C Release Impacted C Release Reworked Count Session Impacted Ready Function 6 UFPs Data 21 UFPs Total 27 UFPs ERI Toolbars There are several predefined toolbars and buttons to simplify common tasks To see a description of a toolbar button move your mouse over the button without clicking it and a short hint will be displayed Some of the buttons also have longer help text which is displayed in the status line at the bottom of the screen Toolbars are normally displayed in a single row underneath the menus at the top of the screen If you wish you can drag any of the toolbars to any side of the screen where it will dock automatically Toolbars can also be made to float by dragging them from their current location and releasing the mouse without being near a window edge Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 127 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Screens and Layout and Navigation You ca
276. this feature select Auto fill Name under View Preferences Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 150 Moving from FPW to SCOPE Background of Comparison of SCOPE and FPW SCOPE Project Sizing Software is recognised by the metrics industry as the most advanced function point counting tool available on the market today and was designed by industry functional size measurement expert Pam Morris CFPS who specified and project managed the original development of Charismateks Function Point Workbench software FPW from 1991 to 1994 SCOPE was built specifically to address all the limitations that the Total Metrics team of CFPS function point specialists had experienced when using FPW particularly with respect to ongoing management of counts in a corporate environment and tracking software changes in outsourcing Contracts SCOPE has extended all the great functions and features originally designed into FPW to take them to a new level of sophistication In bringing function point counting up to date with the latest software technology and methods of development it has also added many new features to take your function point counting into the future Function point counting is now o Easier o More reliable o More accurate o More cost effective o More accessible o Less exposed to risk of losing data o Less exposed to risk of data corruption Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011
277. ting up the Model to CoOunt cceeeeeeccceeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeees 52 The Data Tree ascsccetesicepetaitocartapicectangiavatwciesciteciventscuecotdechecatgedlasoieecisecetetieenteesiscoes 52 The Function Tree ssesssseeeeeseeeeeeennreteeeeertttntnttesetrrrttrnnntnseerttttnnnnneseerttetnnn eee 54 Managing Applications Projects and Counts ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeees 57 PRCA g e E E dee owen deciding dash seccccedednsieunaducueesuendag 57 Applications OVERVIGW sicesiestdestrmccccoumetendsceacnidoumsendsesesebeateeciasumes ea qotearncemmaneteeatquctdes 57 Set up a New Application cerca tiscsidasncacawnnisdachidivenucecnuaicnnaidnesdaiacnndanbidinendndueneuctioncetnase 58 Releases ph crete ation tr A eae onaoa ened ose saa eneedens 58 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 ii SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Release SANUS iinr iaaa Sate ie etree ote eae ete eee arte 58 Releases OVEIVIGW oaccisoccassigcesescthentetteseimessbdoctesradeimasntby nuSeijetmmctsbertusecdsinmertbeameeeaden 60 Set up a New FigleaSe iisccccetecepeseien niacsacuieeurinl Mav iececteeseeiidsebene eeetens pe eetees piaacoal ies eseaued 62 Count SESSIONS 2 oe ereua ve ee ese eee ce eae eee re 63 Count Sessions OvervieW acy ceanesa ile vties iapeeayMeviceial ay iheeMisebealilaniicyieyieael nicer iiepicaves 63 Set up a New Count Session seciceleeeetsectveytenevaySeareeeylecdneaeieavuverS
278. tion Point Counts scope Project Sizing Se File Edit Node Trees View Window Help D SHAA aAA FPARKRAG ARAB PT SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 191 FPA Fun Atri EE Data E Note Det E Detail HP Atribute Data gip Function AMS Application Vers2 0 May ltl Manage Asisignments Name Create Assignment a Maintain Assignments m Process Type Description io pem Input User is able to enter data about a new Assignment and to allocated contractors to ka i i the assignment mp Modify Assignment Cine g i e View Print Assignment Detail i i e List Assignments Date range i ie Assign Contractors to Assignments Undefined het Manage Assignment Types C Inquiry i Create Assignment Types p Complexity i 5 Result Source Assessment r DETs Range Enter Value ind Modify Assignment Types C Default aie Lae Delete Assignment Types hea id C 1 4 5 15 gt 16 i 24 e View Assignment Types Range C Average p FTRs Range e List Assignment Types Enter Value Hich Co1 C2 Gand FTRs 5 ig List Contractors for Asignment C Derived W Manage Contractors H Manage Skills Function Points Multiplier Multiplied FP r Display Links To E a e Create Assignment Data Notes Attributes type 1 Created by gt Unknown Applicaton crashes whenever you select the ASSIQNMENE EDE lnn CRO01 Add new field Daily Rate for Assignments Dat
279. tion and Maintenance environment sometimes results in the same word being used to mean different concepts To assist the reader and avoid confusion we have provided some guidance to the terminology below E g Clients typically use the following terms Count to mean a Project Count Project Size in SCOPE Whereas in the real world a business initiative resulting in a software development Project can impact one or many applications and each application may have one or more counts of the impact of that Project on the application Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 20 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Overview SCOPE Features SCOPE implements these concepts but it terminology is slightly different SCOPE has been developed to be compliant with the IFPUG ISO standard 20976 and the new IFPUG CPM version 4 3 SCOPE Terminology SCOPE refers to a Project Size for the equivalent concept of the typical client term Project Count Where the Project Size is the aggregate functional size of all the impact counts for each the application boundary impacted by the Project Within SCOPE Count is reserved for the Work Package impact by the Project on a particular Application Boundary SCOPE calls this a Count Session SCOPE assumes that a project may impact transactions and Files in one or more Application Boundaries SCOPE assumes that an Application Boundary may incorporate one or more Physical Sy
280. tion available A particular application count may be conducted at one of the following levels detail Level Name 1 Detailed Linked and Flagged Count Detailed Linked Count Detailed Count Default Complexity Count Rough Count ae eae Size Approximation Level 1 Detailed Linked and Flagged Count Level 1 Count Description A Detailed Linked and Flagged Count includes the following e application boundary is defined e full functional decomposition to transaction level transaction level is considered the lowest level function available to the business user e all files and transactions within SCOPE are uniquely identified e all files and transactions are classified according to type e all files and transactions are accurately categorised according to complexity actual numbers of DETs and FTRs are identified where possible and provided the necessary source information is available Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 194 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size e all related files and transactions are linked aids in assessing impact of change requests e explanatory notes are attached to files and transactions as necessary aids in future maintenance of the counts e where possible a cross reference between the physical files and the logical files is documented e explanatory notes also link files and transactions to relevant documentation e all agreed attributes are
281. tions and links to related Label Options are not allowed View Options Search and Highlight Complex Labels etc Save Load Complex Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE Project Sizing Software Create Categories of Attributes Select Attribute Tree TAB ALT INS to create CATEGORY Highlight Category INS and Attribute Select Link Mode and view Attribute tree Link to Data or Processes or Notes Select Filter Mode Icon Highlight the attribute and click the Boolean Icons And Or Not on Main Menu Filter Set Icon Moving from FPW to SCOPE COMMENTS SCOPE Features SCOPE has Categories instead of Labels and Attributes instead of Label Options SCOPE allows you to Label Data as well as processes SCOPESs attributes are non exclusive so it allows you to link more than one option of an attribute to a single process SCOPE allows you to create new Categories and Attributes whilst still viewing the Process Data or Notes Tree You can link related Attributes to the same Process or Data Node They are not mutually exclusive SCOPE allows you to view the flagged result of your filter selection immediately on the screen Allows you to save the question selection criteria Filter or the results Flags SCOPE allows you to use a selection filter for any of the 179 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 selection Filter Label Load a selection filter
282. tiple transactions for a data group with a just a mouse click Template Function Groups Advanced Configuration Control Set Up Multiple Counts for Same Release Q Import Export Counts within a Release SCOPE s unique configuration capability enables it to manage concurrent Enhancement counts ensuring other counts are not overwritten when updating the master Application counts Production Releases This feature enables a project manager to SCOPE multiple change requests on the work in progress release and track the impact of each individual count on the overall release and to record Benchmarking Metrics at Change Request level SCOPE s allows a user to record multiple function point counts for the same Release of an application and to selectively report and edit them If the count is no longer required then it can be deleted select Delete Count Session from the Software Applications List when located on the count Once the Count Session is deleted the Release Baseline will be left as it was before the count was recorded When you select to delete a count you will be prompted to select if you want to Delete Added and or Delete Deleted processes and data groups that were impacted for the count Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 181 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE If you select the box to delete the Added processes and data groups SCOPE will delete all the nodes that were adde
283. to FPW e FPW does not enable concurrent counts to be recorded overlaid on the same Release functional model If concurrent counts are recorded on separate copies of the baselines functional model then each count has the potential to overwrite the previous one when updating the baseline resulting in an incorrect baseline count e FPW does not allow a count impact to be imported and merged with other counts it only allows branches to be copied between counts or whole counts imported Many clients report significant overhead in managing their counts to ensure that the Master Baseline is not overwritten by counts applied in the wrong sequence e FPW does not provide functionality for multiple counters to be working on the same baseline count at the same time such that their work can be merged without the risk of overwriting e FPW does not allow the capability of counting remotely then merging the completed count back into the current functional model It does not enable all the new modifications to be incorporated into the current model which may have changed content and structure since the original copy was made Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 157 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE 2 SCOPE maintains ISBSG Compliant Metrics Repository for online Benchmarking and Trends Reporting SCOPE s developers have worked with the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group ISBSG to dev
284. trics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 202 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size consumed using traditional IFPUG counting methods Learn how you could use FP Outline to save significant time and money in implementing functional sizing in your organization To gain access to FP Outline online see http www totalmetrics com function point software software size estimation When could you use quick sizing methods e Early project estimation quickly determine the project s functional size even before specifications are completed then apply the productivity coefficients to estimate effort cost and duration e Outsourcing Contract Negotiation establish the functional size of the client organisations software to be maintained by the supplier at due diligence stage e Valuing your software assets establish the functional size of an organisation s software to determine its replacement cost for asset valuation and accounting purposes e Budget approvals use the functional size and projected productivity rates to verify your estimates for management budget approvals e Benchmarking establish the functional size of an organisations projects and applications for quick determination of product quality and development and support efficiency and effectiveness e Release Management establish the functional size of a change request to determine if it is possible to include in the planned release
285. ttribute called Severity Level e List of Physical Files to cross reference to logical files This is particularly useful when validating someone else s counts or when the users identify a physical file they need changed for an enhancement it allows easy identification of the corresponding Logical File Hint it is easier to locate the Note Tree on the LH side if you want to link a single Note to many Processes Data Groups or Attributes Right click on the parent node of the group you want link on the RH screen select Link Set All and all child nodes will be automatically linked How are Attributes different to Notes How are Attributes different to Notes SCOPE has methods ways of further documenting your functional model of your software e Attributes e Notes The difference between these two types of trees is that Attributes are set up as key words that are used to profile your software model to selectively report only those Processes or Data Groups that have that particular key word as their Attribute Since there may be several options of available SCOPE allows you to group your Attributes into Categories An example of a common Attribute Category could be Business Area this could be further broken down into specific business areas responsible for specifying the functionality Each of these Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 38 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Count
286. ty McGraw Hill New York 1968 280 pp 16 Jones Capers Measuring Software Productivity CASE Trends vol 2 no 1 Jan Feb 1990 pp 17 24 17 Jones Capers Table of Programming Languages and Levels Software Productivity Research Inc Burlington Mass 1988 35 pp 18 Jones Capers A Short History of Function Points and Feature Points Software Productivity Research Inc Burlington Mass 1988 45 pp 19 Symons Charles Software Sizing and Estimating Mk II FPA John Wiley New York 20 System Development Function Points Applied Computer Research Inc Phoenix August 1989 20 pp 21 American Programmer vol 10 no 11 Adapting Function Points to Real time Software 22 Stephen Treble amp Neil Douglas Sizing and Estimating Software in Practice Making Mk11 Function Points Work McGraw Hill Book Company 1995 IBSN 0 07 707620 23 Morris P M Forgotten Aspects of Function Point Analysis Digest Magazine Project and Profits April 2003 Issue Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 233 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size 24 Morris P M Using Function Points to get Projects Back on Track Proceedings of the International Function Point Users Group Conference April 1994 25 Morris P M IFPUG s Involvement in ISO Function Point Standards Proceedings of the International Function Point Users Group Conference April 1995 26 Morris P M Deshar
287. u want to document how the DETs and FTRs are accessed 7 Cursor position jumps to last inserted node When positioned at a parent node and inserting a child node the cursor will focus on the child node enabling immediate editing of the name This feature speeds up data entry enabling immediate editing of the last inserted node 8 SCOPE retains name of last inserted node When inserting a node under any tree SCOPE retains the name of the last tree node entered and allows you to then modify the name You can optionally toggle this feature on or off via View Preferences Auto Fill Name This feature speeds up data entry of nodes with similar names 9 Report Comments in Descriptions saved SCOPE saves your customised text in the report description in a drop down list so you can reuse it for multiple reports This feature speeds up the customisation of your report headings enabling you to record specific comments on a set of reports 10 Set defaults for data entry of Function and Data Nodes SCOPE previously defaulted the inserted processes to the industry default values of Average complexity Inputs and the inserted data groups to Low complexity of an undefined type You can now select your own defaults for Type and Complexity under View Preferences This feature speeds up data entry of similar nodes e g A long list of high complexity reports can be entered by just pressing the Ins Key 11 Con
288. ual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Import from FPW All Versions SCOPE imports all the detailed count data from function point counting tools such as Function Point Workbench to the SCOPE format without losing any transaction data labels or note details It also imports all links The IMPORT from FPW option enables you to import your earlier counts created by Version 4 1994 up to the Version 7 2009 of the Function Point WORKBENCH FPW software IMPORTANT lf you experience any difficulty with the import With Microsoft Explorer copy the FPW database directory i e all db and px files toa directory under your local root directory or to your desktop Note Reducing the pathname of the source directory assists earlier operating systems e g MS XP to access to the paradox files Converting FPW 4 to FPW 7 Databases SCOPE will automatically convert FPW 4 to FPW 7 databases by first locating your FPW database only one level from the Root node on your computer then selecting the Import from FPW function on the main menu On selecting Import SCOPE prompts you for the full pathname o Of the source directory currently storing all the FPW db and px files e g c FPW_Source_database o Of the destination directory for the SCOPE database Requires you to input a new file name for the SCOPE FPA database in which to store the converted FPW data After you have input the new file name press Import and SCOPE will di
289. uedteaydea vere Suednesedundabes 66 PrOJEC S sacahutaasateyeoedenioaanbadesanaseoedahidubedanasaegopndubidaaatadeaantoenedanidabedadssaloenabeaigataias 68 Link Projects to Count SOSSIONG si ecsiri scones venstcavewntivavwetcbatanesisia vaeiiduaiousldvavanaulbavilied 68 Project Metrics for SBS Gircctectsactscntveptccetnaceidetuqetpentastidsinaseucutpentilitwassnantnensiintwasbeasts 69 Projects Overview oscenusscscansceahsscnascs cadens diecast cians cate cease asi cehe eels ie SAciSA Need Siatiade 69 Set up a New PHOlS Cli sasissacscwcoedinenttasstounnenideshbedbdensdabnoededabeanjadstanbebbbandadsdedababeakoe 71 Value Adjustment Factor cc cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeecaeeeeeeeeeeeeeseensneeeeeeeess 72 Assessing the Value Adjustment Factor cccecceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneaaees 72 Value Adjustment Factor OVErVieW cceeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaneeeeeeeeeeeseeeeneeeeeeeeess 74 Managing the SCOPE Database ccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneeeeeeees 75 Export to SPR KnowledgePLAN CSV sssssssessesssssssnrrnnrnnssseenrrnnnnrnsseerrrrnnnnnneeene 75 Export XML to a Metrics Repository esssssssseenneeesseeeerrnnrensserrrrnnnnnnneerrrnnnnnnnneeeet 76 Import Export Count S SSIONS ccceeceeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaees 76 Import Export Applications and Releases cccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaees
290. ults and group the totals in a variety of ways to assist in comparison and analysis The Functional Size of a Release can be reported either as a total value for the whole release or by selecting the options in the Report Selection Screen you can include and exclude functionality All of the following Functional Size reports will report on the whole Release or only selected parts of the release if you select any or all of the following options e From Current Position the report only includes the Processes and Data nodes linked to those Processes from that point on the selected branch downwards e Select Flagged Nodes the report only includes the Flagged Processes and Flagged data nodes e As Displayed the report only reports the nodes currently displayed on the selected Hierarchies When reporting the Hierarchy Trees SCOPE reports the branches only to the level they are currently expanded If you choose combinations of the above options then SCOPE combines the filter to report the net result of these options You are able to annotate the purpose and content of your report by recording your own Report Description in the Report Selection Screen The description can be used to provide extra information or instructions to the audience reading the report or to record the filters used for the report SCOPE will save a list of your report descriptions which can be reselected at any time in the future If you do not want the current displayed d
291. ults and select the report named Count Session Impacted Functional Size Detail Select to Preview the report and it will display online 18 The above instructions provide the basic guidelines for creating a basic Project Development Count or Enhancement count Record your Adds Changes and Deletes for your Change Requests using the Impact options in the status bar in a Count Session Baseline counts can be created from Project counts by selecting the Update to Baseline button in the Applications List SCOPE has many more features that allow you to profile your count and track functional creep across project life cycles Please view the Online Tutorials and HELP within SCOPE to understand all the features in SCOPE Also open the Example database Tutorial Using Sample SCOPE Database D B Set Up New Release N p This Chapter assists you to open our Sample Database provided in your SCOPE installation software and explore the functionality of SCOPE Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 4 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting Started Select File Open Browse to the directory where the SCOPE example database is stored e g SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 4 0 205 FPA Note the example database is under the directory where SCOPE was installed typically C Program Files Total Metrics SCOPE To open either double click or select Open The application List is displayed Select the icon to displa
292. unction Point Counts Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 168 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 FUNCTION Production Application Baseline Count Development Project Count Enhancement Project Count Function Point WORKBENCH File gt Browse for Counts and select count Double click or Open in the Count List Type is App for Application File gt Browse for Counts and select count Double click or Open from the Count List Type is Dev for Development Project File gt Browse for Counts and select count Double click or Open from the Count List Type is Enh for Enhancement Project Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE Project Sizing Software File Project and Applications List Explode tree Select Application Production Release Open Release with Gold Padlock File Project and Applications List Explode tree Select Application Work in Progress Release Open Green Padlock Open the Count Session See above Highlight a Count Session and select Open Link the count session to the Enhancement Project in the Project List Screen Moving from FPW to SCOPE COMMENTS SCOPE Features SCOPE highlights the latest Production Release with a Gold Padlock ICON If that count is the latest i e There are no current Count Sessions then it has an Opened padlock Icon SCOPE highlights the latest release being counted for a project
293. und and Articles on Functional Size house development teams and implementation environments Benchmarking internally and externally with industry data enables identification of best practice External benchmarking data is readily available in the ISBSG Repository International Software Benchmarking Standards Group Identifying Best Practice Project managers seeking best practice in their software development and support areas recognise the need to adopt new tools techniques and technologies to improve the productivity of the Process and quality of the products they produce Baselining current practice enables management to establish current status and set realistic targets for improvement Ongoing measurement of productivity and quality key performance indicators enable management to assess the impact of their implemented changes and identify where further improvements can be made Function points are the most universally accepted method to measure the output from the software Process They are a key metric within any Process improvement program because of their ability to normalise data from various software development environments combined with their ability to measure output from a business perspective as compared to a technical perspective Planning New Releases The functional hierarchy of the functionality delivered by an application can also assist the support manager in planning and grouping change requests for each new release
294. unt results Once the extracted counts are updated or reviewed then the counts for the whole Release or just the Count Session can then be exported and imported back into the master Repository in SCOPE SCOPE SNAPSHOT allows the Count administrator to control access to sensitive counts in the Master Repository by extracting on the relevant count information for counters to work on It allows counters to count remotely on a small database for additional speed and then merge their count back into the current baseline at a later date It also allows a counter to SNAPSHOT their count to distribute for review with SCOPE Viewer Note The snapshot database created is a standard SCOPE database but only has one Application or one Release and its Count Sessions stored Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 86 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts To create a Snapshot database in the Project and Applications List highlight the Release Project or the Count Session you want to be extracted to the new database and select the Lo napsat icon SCOPE will prompt you to name the new database This new database can be opened with either SCOPE or SCOPE Viewer This feature is useful under the following circumstances o Send acount to a non SCOPE user for review the administrator just snapshots the relevant count and sends the database to the user with instructions on how to downl
295. unting Transactions The Function Tree D Counting Transactions Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 54 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts J SCOPE Project Sizing Sc File Edit Node Trees View Window Help IFAS AAT PVG EERRAAPRAR LARR ORES J SCOPE EXAMPLE DATABASE VER 3 0 191 FPA oo tes die Fun J Atrio E Data Note IE Dea E Detail Atribute Data E Motes site Function dij Function AMS Application Vers 2 0 May Manage Asisignments er Maintain Assignments Process Type eee 2 Create Assignment Input p Modify Assignment View Print Assignment Detail e List Assignments Date range C Inquiry i tie Assign Contractors to Assignments Undefined 6 dip Manage Assignment Types Create Assignment Types p Complexity Name Create Assignment Description User is able to enter data about a new Assignment and to allocated contractors to the assignment C Output ip Mody Asg Tones Hla Assessment gt DETs Range Ena Yalue Delete Assignment Types rey ee Low 1 4 5 15 Cos16 PET 2g View Assignment Types Range C Average FTRs Range List Assignment Types O RERET isch Coi C2 G 23 FTRs aa i i e List Contractors for Asignment C Derived ij Manage Contractors E p Manage Skills Function Points Multiplier Multiplied FP i 3 r D
296. ustry default value of Average e Derived calculates complexity from the number of Data Groups FTRs and DETs linked to the process Quick Counting If you want to group the details of multiple Processes into one Process node then enter the number of Processes in the Multiplier field E g where you know there are 4 Maintenance functions for a Customer of average complexity each 4 function points name the Process Maintain Customer and enter 4 into the multiplier The function points calculated for the Process are multiplied by 4 to total 16 SCOPE will display the calculated function points for the Process at the bottom right of the Detail screen If you want to quickly generate many maintenance and reporting processes for an object e g Create Customer Modify Customer View Customer then all you need to do is insert the Object Name in the Insert Function Group Dialogue Box SCOPE will generate whole branches of processes with their type and complexity defaulted to enable you to hundreds of function points of count standard functionality in minutes NOTE If you do not want a node to be counted then set the multiplier to zero and the nodes will be excluded from the count results and display in blue text on the screen Alternatively you can make the node type undefined and SCOPE will assign zero function points Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 28 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Func
297. utomatically count DETs FTRs and derive the complexity of the process SCOPE also allows you to derive the complexity of a process automatically using the number of FTRs Logical Data Groups and DETs linked to the process so the more completely you are able to document your count then the more accurately it can be sized Hint If you already have a softcopy list of the names of your Data Groups RETs and DETs in a data dictionary then cut and paste the list into the Master_SCOPE_Excel_Import_Template spreadsheet located under the directory where you installed SCOPE Follow the instructions in the ReadMe sheet and then import the list of FTRs RETs and DETs into your SCOPE count See Import Existing Counts from CSV Extended Length for Names and Descriptions Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 184 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Moving from FPW to SCOPE SCOPE allows you to enter up to 255 characters for all names of all your Processes Data Groups Notes and Attributes etc Description field lengths are almost unlimited You can enter and report a full description for all types of Tree Nodes Online and Print over 50 Different Reports oN Y Reporting Counts SCOPE has advanced cross referencing and reporting functionality to enable you to easily do online what if analysis and produce over 50 different reports for immediate viewing Previewed Functional Size Measurement and Benchmarking Details repo
298. ve size of each functional area measured in function points Assessing Replacement Impact If the software to be developed is planned to replace existing production applications it is useful to asses if the business is going to be delivered more less or the same functionality The replacement system s functionality can be mapped against the functionality in the existing system A quantitative assessment of the difference can be measured in function points Note this comparison can only be done if the existing applications have already been sized in Function Points Assessing Replacement Cost Multiplying the size of the application to be replaced by an estimate of the dollar cost per function point to develop enables project sponsors to develop quick estimates of replacement costs Industry derived costs are available and provide a ballpark figure for the likely cost Industry figures are a particularly useful reference if the re development is for a new software or hardware platform not previously experienced by the organisation Ideally organisations should establish their own cost per function point metrics for their own particular environment based on project history If you are considering implementing a customised off the shelf package solution then this provides a quick comparison of the estimated package implementation costs to compare with an in house build Package costs typically need to include the Copyright To
299. vert a RET to a Data Group and a Data Group to a RET SCOPE allows you to correct any errors in data entry by allowing you to convert an incorrectly grouped Data Group to a RET and vice versa Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 149 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Features in Versions of Scope This feature enables you to easily correct your counts when you have grouped your RETS and Data Groups incorrectly It is particularly useful when you import a list of physical tables with their attributes from EXCEL and you want to regroup them into FTRs and RETs 12 User Preferences to select defaults SCOPE allows you to save time counting by setting the default for the following options when you select to Insert a new node e Type of Process or Data Group e g Input Output Enquiry e Complexity of Process or Data Group e g Low Average or High e Result Source i e Range Derived User Input Default Assessment see View Preferences 13 Speeded up display SCOPE has significantly soeeded up any functions that require searching and displaying the hierarchy Remember to select to turn off the Dynamic FP Calculation to make SCOPE work even faster see View Options under main menu 14 Auto fill Name Inserts SCOPE will auto fill the name of a new node with the name last used for that type of node This speeds up documenting your count when you have consecutive nodes with similar names To use
300. vious projects are known then the project manager can use the function point count to develop the appropriate estimates If your organisation has only just begun collecting these metrics and does not have sufficient data to establish its own productivity rates then the ISBGS industry data can be used in the interim Allocating Testing Resources The functional hierarchy developed as part of the function point count during project development can assist the testing manager to identify high complexity functional areas which may need extra attention during the testing phase Dividing the total function points for each functional area by the total number of functions allocated to that group of functions enables the assessment of the relative complexity of each of the functional areas The effort to perform acceptance testing and the number of test cases required is related to the number and complexity of the user functions within a functional area Quantifying the relative size of each functional area will enable the project manager Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 230 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Background and Articles on Functional Size to allocate appropriate testing staff and check relative number of test cases assigned Risk Assessment Many organisations have large legacy software applications that due to their age are unable to be quickly enhanced to respond to the needs of their rapidly changing busine
301. w Print Assignment Detail EQ a 3 A E 11 1 5 List Assignments Date range EQ a 3 A 111 61 Assignment Success Rate Report EO g 4 A 21 Assign Contractors Group Total 13 1241 Assign Contractor to Assignment El b 6 A 12 2 RemoveContractor Assignment El b 3 A 112 31 List Assignment Contractors EQ b 4 A 113 l Manage Assignment Types rel Total 20 113 41 Create Assignment Types a 4 A 113 21 Modify AssignmentTypes a a 4 A 113 31 Delete Assignment Types El a 3 A 11 3 4 View Assignment Types EQ a 3 A 1 3 51 List Assignment Types EQ a 3 A 11 3 4 List Contractors forAsignmentType EQ a 3 A 2 MANAGE CONTRACTORS GROUP TOTAL 24 12 41 1 Manage Contractors Skills Group Total 24 2 44 1 Add Contractors Skill EI a 6 A RARI Modify Contractors Skill E a 6 A 12 1 3 Delete Contractors Skill El a 3 A 2 1 41 List Print Contractors Skills EO a 5 A 124 5 View Contractor Skill Details EQ b 4 A 13 MANAGE SKILLS GROUP TOTAL 6 13 11 List Skills EQ b 3 A 132 View Skill Details EQ b 3 A 4 MANAGE CLIENTS GROUPTOTAL 4 411 List Clients EQ ig 4 A Function Hierarchy 58 2 n o o 92 92 15 3 Assignment Management System View some Example Counts here TotalMetrics Linked Attributes AMS Development Project V 1 0 Sept 2006 La Mandatory AMS Development Projet FRGauOt LR Required Report 79 Release 2183 SCO
302. w Verb I Template verb Scroll to Select z 4 Name Standard one Mame Add Prefix Manage Type Input Suffix Information Complexity Average Link Type Update gt T Import Export x Import Export ue Update L D Reverse e Select Template is where you select from the list of existing Template Groups on your SCOPE database e Insert Object Name is where you insert the name of the object of the functionality For example in an accounts system an object could be Invoices and we would want to generate processes that Create an Invoice Delete an Invoice Cancel and Invoice etc In the following example Loyalty Member was the Object and we created a list of processes for that object using our Template Function Group Standard one e Add will generate the Elementary Processes defined by the Verbs in the selected Template These will be generated as a new branch on your function tree Just keep changing the Object Name and pressing Add to generate multiple Function Groups e Setup allows you to create your own Template Function Groups in addition to the default Templates installed with SCOPE Data Tree Insert Template Function Group e Locate the cursor on the Function Tree either on the Root node or ona Function Folder Node e Click on the Data Tree and highlight a Data Group which is the object for which you want to generate functionality e Right click and
303. work on their own Count Sessions When each count is approved they are then individually Exported from their temporary databases and Imported back into the latest Release in the Master database o A count on an Old baseline needs to be applied to the Latest Version i e You have completed a count for a project some time ago on an old version of the baseline and now the user wants to go ahead with the project and you do not want to have to spend the time to recount it based on the latest Release baseline structure HINT To do this Export the count from the older version of the baseline and then Import it back into the latest Release in the Master database Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 77 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts Note Counts can be imported and exported between Releases for the same application different applications or the same or different SCOPE databases Setting up a Count Session to be Imported Exported 1 Set up the target Release Structure where you where you want to create your new count session This can be done several ways e g o copy the whole SCOPE Master Database which has the Release count into which you want to create your new Count Session Leave any existing counts in the Release o create anew SCOPE Database and create a new application node and then export the selected Release from the source SCOPE Master Database into the Work in Progr
304. y not be the default Use MS Explorer to find the correct directory Insert the full pathname e g C Program Files Microsoft Access Runtime Office 10 To only include nodes from a selected branch in the report first locate the cursor on the appropriate tree branch in the main screen Then in the report list check the box marked from current position If your report has fewer items than expected then you need to check exactly where the cursor is located on every Tree as it only reports from that node downwards To further refine the selection of nodes to be included on reports assign WFiags to the selected tree nodes in Filter Mode using the Boolean selections amp Ss and check the box marked Select Flagged nodes in the Report Selection screen or just locate on the nodes you want to print and select the Flag icon from the main menu See Flags and Filters Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 SCOPE Reporting The main report groups are Benchmarking Details Reports These reports describe the background of the release models stored in SCOPE Reports include the Application Details Project Details Release Details Release Notes List Count Session Details and the Value Adjustment Factor Hierarchy Tree Reports Provide a diagrammatic outline view of each of the four Hierarchy Trees The Function Hierarchy and Data Hierarchy Reports also
305. y the releases stored for the Application with the name AMS View Example Counts The Production Releases are the Functional Size models for the Baseline Application Releases The Gold Open Padlock Icon indicates that this is the latest release and that there are no current project counts to update this release The Work in Progress Releases stores the functional model for the original Development Project Count AMS ND Rel 1 0 March 2009 and other later Enhancement projects e g AMS Enh Rel 1 1 June 2009 Expand the directories under the Release AMS ND Rel 1 0 March 2009 by pressing the next to the name and display the three T Count Sessions for the three Change Requests that were recorded during the project Select AMS 001 Daily Rate and double click to open the count or select the Open Icon from the menu at the top The Function Tree which holds all the elementary processes displays To explode the tree use the Icons on the Tools Bar at the top of the screen or select from the top menu Trees Expand Level 4 tool button a Move the mouse down and highlight the first Process Create Assignment Either double click the process or select the Detail Tab along the top of the Right Hand Screen The functional size details of the Create Assignment process displays on the right hand Details Screen Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 5 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Getting
306. ying the hierarchy trees for a particular Release select File Adjustment Factor from the main menu The General Characteristics GSCs will display as defined in IFPUG 4 3 These have a default rating of 3 for average influence and the Rating check box will be empty Highlight the General Systems Characteristic that you want to rate and select the appropriate rating number from 0 to 5 As soon as you move the rating from 3 to another value the GSC is recorded as having been rated and the check box will be ticked If you rate any single GSC then the VAF will be calculated assuming the other non rated GSCs to have a value of 3 Copyright Total Metrics Pty Ltd 2003 2011 73 SCOPE 4 0 Help User Manual V1 0 Managing your Function Point Counts If you do not select to rate any GSC then the VAF will default to the Industry average default value of 1 00 Value Adjustment Factor reports will highlight when the VAF or GSCs have assumed a default value To Report the Value Adjustment Factor From the main menu select File Report Selection Others Value Adjustment Factor see Other Reports The Value Adjustment Factor can be imported and exported between Releases within the same or different Applications and or SCOPE databases Note The Value Adjustment Factor is an optional step in the IFPUG 4 3 and the IFPUG ISO standard for Functional Sizing The Unadjusted function point count is the ISO IEC 14143

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