Controlling the Chaos of Agile Development
In a simple world, there would be a one-to-one correspondence between user stories, elementary processes and function point transactions. For example, "as an author, I can see a display of all of my posts." This is an elementary process. It is also … [Continue reading]
In a simple world, there would be a one-to-one correspondence between user stories, elementary processes and function point transactions. For example, "as a pharmacy technician, I can enter a prescription into the system." This seems to be an … [Continue reading]
This should be one of the last things that you read, and one of the first things I that I have written. You should be estimating based on the more physical items, like Adding an Output Screen. I should treat this as a template for how to add various … [Continue reading]
Many applications display information on screens. The example above is the WordPress screen that shows the posts that make up the blog. If we were developing the WordPress application, then adding this screen would probably be in the first release. … [Continue reading]
The identification of transactions and data are part of every software sizing exercise. Processes, and sometimes data, are impacted by logical location. For example, the process “Authorize Shipment” might take place at both corporate headquarters and … [Continue reading]