For those interested in a very short introduction to COSMIC, the COSMIC group has published a 7 page document explaining in simple terms a single topic: What is a COSMIC Function Point? This document is intended for a large audience…

This new version, called ‘Guideline on the Accuracy of COSMIC Function Points’, provides an overview of the factors that influence the quality of a functional size measurement, particularly a COSMIC size measurement, and advises how to organize the measurement process…

UKSMA Autumn Conference 7 September 2018 in London Requirements and Measurement Call for Papers This conference focuses on perhaps the most important item, the Statements of Requirements (SOR). The SOR can of course take many forms to satisfy the needs…

Agile processes have enabled development teams to bring major benefits to software customers by delivering functionality faster and closer to business needs than was possible with the old ‘waterfall’ processes. But Agile processes have one significant weakness, namely their use…

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The eighth meeting of the UK COSMIC Special Interest Group will be held at University College London, on Thursday June 7th. We have a great selection of topics on the acceptance, uses and automation of the COSMIC software sizing method,…

CALL FOR PAPERS: IWSM-MENSURA September 19-20, 2018, Beijing, China. Venue: Beijing National Convention Center   Call for participation: Plenary Talks (1 hour), Short Talks (30 minutes), Tutorials We solicit proposals from experienced industry practitioners and researchers with COSMIC expertise and…

UKSMA-Conference-CFP-2018-v1aPursuing the revitalising of the Association the UKSMA is holding: an UKSMA Conference in London in May 2018 The conference affords the opportunity to share experiences, ideas, academic papers, case studies, and strategies for widening the relevance, appeal and benefit…

Version 4.0.2 of the Measurement Manual has been re-issued with a December date to make a few very minor editorial corrections, including correcting the designation of some terms in the Glossary as ISO- or COSMIC-specific. Download

Studies in four different organizations developing different types of software show conclusively that sizes of sprints or iterations measured using COSMIC Function Points (CFPs) correlate with effort much better than do Story Points (SP’s). This means that CFP sizes should…