CHARISMATEK Software Metrics announces the release of the Function
Point WORKBENCH™ Release 7.0
An Australian company with an international reputation
in Function Point Analysis, and software project cost modelling continues to
thrive in Melbourne, Australia.
CHARISMATEK Software Metrics provides specialist
estimating, cost modelling, comparative performance analysis and benchmarking
services to Australian clients and selected overseas organisations for software
delivery projects.
This expertise is encapsulated and supported by the
software sizing, analysis and reporting tool that is the Function Point
WORKBENCH™. The latest release of its industry leading function point sizing,
analysis and reporting tool – the Function Point WORKBENCH™ Release 7.0 –
once again offers a thought provoking array of capabilities.
The WORKBENCH facilitates the creation and application of a
delivery-based model of the software, utilising the Function Point Analysis
assessment technique. The software models and reporting capabilities within the
WORKBENCH provide a real opportunity for practical, meaningful and effective
dialogue between all project stakeholders and enable clients to directly address
the real issues leading to blown software budgets and abandoned projects.
The WORKBENCH Release 7.0 offers a host of new, easy to use
features to expand the existing capability. These include, for example,
specialist project and portfolio sizing functions that are smart enough to work
from what you already know to quickly determine an "order of magnitude" size of
an existing system flagged for replacement or asset valuation. Productivity and
benchmark reporting is enabled by integration with SMR (from Q/P Management
Group). New reports provide even more views of your project. And, of course,
there are yet more ways to count function points "smarter and faster".
Existing clients with maintenance are eligible for free
upgrades to the Function Point WORKBENCH™ Release 7.0. If you are an existing
client and you haven't already received information about this new release, you
should contact CHARISMATEK on +61(0)3 9696 1255 or at
support@charismatek.com.
Background Information
The Function Point WORKBENCH™ is the world's leading tool
for managing size, performing Function Point Analysis and related communication
and analysis. Through persistent quality and innovation, the WORKBENCH has
retained its lead over many competitive attempts to match some of its
capabilities. Supported by both direct client contact and reseller
recommendations - CHARISMATEK has partners in the UK, The Netherlands, Germany,
South Africa, Austria, Brazil and throughout the USA - the Function Point
WORKBENCH™ is renowned as the professional's tool for optimising the business
benefits of Function Point Analysis.
Recent versions have massively extended the capabilities of
the WORKBENCH to meet more overall business needs associated with sizing and
estimation. The ability to forecast from your own history, for example, is a
key differentiating capability. So too are the new features in Release 7.0
that include:
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Recording of Summary Counts: The capability of
recording Summary Counts is important for organisations who set up their
measurement programs with approximated counts for the Application Portfolio
Baseline or who make 'order of magnitude' estimated counts early in the
software project development life cycle.
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Function Point Size Approximation: Project and
application function point size can be approximated from counts of physical
software artefacts. This size approximation method is very much faster, and
therefore less costly, than performing a detailed count. This is particularly
useful for software asset valuation and software portfolio sizing. The
approximated size is stored as a Summary Function Point count which can then
be reported and analysed along with existing Detailed Counts.
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Productivity Reporting: Project function point
counts are combined with actual and estimated effort, cost and schedule data
to generate a range of productivity benchmarking reports in Software
Management Reporting (SMR) tool from CHARISMATEK's partner organisation, Q/P
Management Group.
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XML Import and Export: A function point count,
along with all its associated information, can be imported and exported as an
XML document. This XML interface serves as an effective mechanism for
exchanging function point count data between WORKBENCH databases and other
software tools.
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Microsoft Office Integration: All standard and
user customisable reports generated using the WORKBENCH's reporting component,
Publisher, can output in .doc, .xls, .htm and .mht formats for easy
incorporation into the Microsoft Office suite.
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Enhanced Function Point Analysis Workspace: The
WORKBENCH's workspace incorporates a range of productivity enhancements
including a new list view of the Transaction Hierarchy, an enhanced and
directly maintainable File List and searching, filtering and sorting on all
lists.
The Function Point WORKBENCH™ Release 7.0
For all the people who count.
For further information see
What's New in Function Point WORKBENCH™ Release 7.0
or email CHARISMATEK at
support@charismatek.com.
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