Implementing COSMIC-FFP as a replacement for FPA
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This article shows the first results of the adoption of COSMIC Full Function Points as a sizing method replacing function point analysis. The main arguments why COSMIC-FFP was chosen will be explained, the transformation plan will be shown together with the first results of the use of COSMIC-FFP. Next to the management requirement that the new functional sizing method had to be a standard a number of practical requirements were essential before the transformation could start: to find a correlation between Cosmic functional sizing units and function points so that the existing figures for size and product delivery rate could be reused, (early) estimation possibilities and the use of COSMIC-FFP for sizing maintenance projects.
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