Posts made in July 19th, 2012

Function Points, or not Function Points: that is the question

Posted by Juan Carlos Castromil on Jul 19, 2012 in Economics, Quality metrics | 3 comments

I have recently read an article in the Chronologist blog, by Steve Tendon, with a title that caught my attention: ”Function Points Are Fantasy Points”. Steve analyzes Function Points as a metric to estimate project effort that is no longer valid for modern applications, in particular contemporary web applications.

I agree that Function Points are an outdated metric. But you still have to estimate. A lot of money is at stake here.