Estimating Project Effort

Steps

• Collect your own organisations project delivery rates (PDR=project effort hours to deliver a function point ) or use the ISBSGs published PDRs for each environment.
• Set up a Numerical Attribute Category and name it 'Estimate Effort to Deliver'. (you can also use the Insert Category Template option)
• Edit the Category Details so it has the Variable set to PDR (hours/fp)and the Units set as Hours as the output units for the report.
• Insert some attributes, under the Category; one for each different development technology you use (i.e. .NET, JAVA, C++). Then set a Value for the PDR for that technology (i.e. 13.0, 9.0,10.2). Link each Attribute to the functionality in the Process Tree and Data Tree that is delivered via that technology for the project.
• SCOPE will multiply the function points to be delivered by the PDR (hours/fp) to calculate a report ofthe Estimated Effort in Hours for each technology.
• View the calculated Effort for both Processes and Data on the screen or run the Numerical Attribute - FP Size Report (Select - then Attribute FP Size Profiles)

You can create your own Templates for Numerical Attributes and save them in the database for use on future counts.

You can export your function point counting data for your Project or Release to SEER SEM® software for more sophisticated estimation of resources.

Online report of Hours to develop the Process functionality (68 function points at 13.0 hours per function point = 884 hours).The estimated hours to develop the Data Files is reported when the Data Tree Screen is open. (21 function points at 13.0 hours per function point = 273 hours) Total = 1,157 hours forthe Project.