During the last meeting of the International Advisory Council of COSMIC some changes to the Executive Committee have been approved. Frank Vogelezang is the new Chairman Francisco Valdés Souto is the new President Jean-Marc Desharnais is now officially Vice-President Sylvie…
Read MoreCOSMIC Awards
During the IWSM Conference in Haarlem COSMIC has presented two awards to honour activities that help to progress the COSMIC method for sizing software. The winner of the research award was Gabriele De Vito, for his research on the Design…
Read MoreNew Case study: Sizing software in a Machine Learning context
This Case study presents an example of applying COSMIC to measure the requirements of generic software that supports the training of Image Classifier software using a Machine Learning algorithm. This document segregates the functionality of the generic (‘classical’) software from…
Read MoreNew version 1.2 of the RestoSys Case published
This Case Study presents the measurement results of applying the COSMIC FSM method (Version 4.0.2) to the “Restaurant Management System”. Functional Requirements are documented in natural language, user stories, UML use case diagrams, and the textual descriptions of use cases…
Read MoreNominations for the COSMIC research award
COSMIC research award We have asked the COSMIC community to nominate research papers on the COSMIC method for the research award. This research will be rewarded on October 8, during the upcoming IWSM Mensura conference in Haarlem. The COSMIC research…
Read MoreThe ‘Introduction to the COSMIC method of measuring software’ updated to the COSMIC method v4.0.2
This Introduction contains a two-page overview and a more detailed introduction to the COSMIC method. It describes the ‘why’, the ‘how’, the advantages and the benefits of using the COSMIC method of software size. It also contains a brief history…
Read MoreWebinar: A certificação COSMIC em medição funcional de software
On Monday August 26 Guilherme Simões from FATTO Consultancy from Brazil presented a webinar on the COSMIC certification process. Over 50 persons attended the webinar live and have requested a follow-up webinar on the COSMIC measurement process. This will be…
Read MorePolish Government adopts FSM for outsourced software contracts
The Polish Government ‘Komitet Rady Ministrów do spraw cyfryzacji’ (= the Committee of Ministers for Digitization Matters) has announced that it has decided to adopt ‘function point methods’ as ‘compulsory for new IT projects encompassing IT tenders exceeding 2.3 Million…
Read MoreNew Chinese translations published
Today, four new translated documents have been published in Chinese. This will greatly improve the adoption of the COSMIC method in China. Introduction to the COSMIC method Guideline for Early or Rapid functional size measurement Course Registration case study Rice…
Read MoreSoftware Development Velocity with COSMIC Function Points published in English and French
COSMIC Function Points provide an objective and standardized method of measuring a functional size of software. Using COSMIC Function Points, software developers can calculate objectively their own development velocity and use it for planning and work-in-progress monitoring. Download (Vélocité du…
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