Progressive Function Point Analaysis: Advanced Estimation Techniques for IT Projects

Proper estimation is crucial to the success of any project and provides teams with designated goals and timelines, realistic goals go a long way to manage the work life balance of all members involved. Progressive Function Point goes a step further to help to justify the cost of a project based on actual work involved and can provide an accurate cost and schedule index for the project with limited variance.  Progressive FPA is a boon since it allows for justifying change in costs from initial draft to final release, this is because the estimation takes into account the development effort in terms of function points and process flow.  This book is gradual self-paced tutorial and guide focused on beginner to advanced levels. Some key concepts are derived from UML modeling, so knowing UML is good to have or basic flow-charting principles is necessary