RE: paying by the word

[Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

But how do we identify the functionality?    Hint: The pros in functional analysis (requirements engineers) state that, for complex systems, modeling is required.
   
  Richard Lewis

"Patterson, Jan" <Jan -dot- Patterson -at- esph -dot- com> wrote:
  Ned asks "What's a function point?"

Quoted from Wikipedia: "Function points are an ISO recognized software
metric to size an information system based on the functionality that is
perceived by the user of the information system, independent of the
technology used to implement the information system."

Function points are something that can be considered when estimating the
size of a software development project in order to estimate number of
hours/resources. There's more info in Wikipedia if you want to check it
out.


jan.
jan e patterson
sr technical writer - environmental systems products - tucson, az


 		
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