Features

SCOPE 2.2 is Multi-lingual, conformant to ISO 14143 and supports the IFPUG 4.3 Function Point Analysis (FPA) technique for sizing software. It is a powerful combination of easy to use features and comprehensive functionality. SCOPE makes it easy to measure the Functional Size of both software applications and software projects. It allows you to have multiple counts across multiple applications aggregated for a Project.

Functional Features

• Graphically models and sizes software functionality at all stages of development from planning through to production, every change request or enhancement is highlighted and quantified.
• Repository of Applications and all their Release, and all their Change Requests with their sizes.
• Repository for all your Projects, which applicaitons they impacted , the size of the impact and the Delivery rate of the project (PDR in hours per function point).
• Reports the functional size of sub-systems, releases, and ‘what-if’ scenarios for input into project estimates of cost, resources and duration.
• Provides a quantitative audit trail of functional changes to each software function over time; mapping change to a specific change request, release and/or project.
• Tracks and measures project 're-work' and scope variations for input into pricing negotiations.
• Collects mandatory project attributes for productivity comparisons and automatic submission to the International Software Benchmarking Standards Groups (ISBSG) Project Repository.

• Size your development or Enhancement project and include conversion functionality, then update your baseline Application count and select to exclude conversion from the Baseline. When you next have enhancements on the application, use the baseline model to multiple enhancements and choose which ones will update the baseline.

• Allows multiple concurrent independent counts on the same baseline, without overwriting, but combines them to update the baseline.

• If you do not already have a baseline count for your software, then SCOPE allows you to count your enhancement projects individually then select to merge them to create your template baseline count.

• Imports existing counts from Excel® and if required select to merge them to create a framework for your future baseline count

• Imports existing all exisiting count related data from Function Point WORKBENCH TM

System and Technical Features

• Imports your existing function point counts from older generation function point counting software repositories including Function Point WORKBENCH™ and MS EXCEL®
• User can dynamically select the language that SCOPE displays screens and reports eg. English, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish etc.
• Stores all historical counts in a controlled central corporate database
• Microsoft® compatible database for flexible customised reporting. Includes over 40 reports
• Windows compatible short cuts for quick data entry
• Designed by internationally recognised Functional Sizing expert Pam Morris author and reviewer for IFPUG CPM 4 series
• Windows compatible : 2000, XP, Vista

 

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Screen showing the List of projects for the Organisation. A Project can be recorded to impact multiple Applications and have many different counts associated with it. The AMS Development Project has 6 counts listed , 5 against the AMS Application and one against the ARLS application

 

 

 Screen Listing all the Applications stored in the SCOPE Function Point Repository, the baseline size over each release and the size of each Change Request recorded as an Enhancement Count for the Release.

LHS Screen showing the functional decomposition of the Application and the impact of the project on the Application baseline is highlighted with the coloured arrows. SCOPE allows multiple change requests to impact an applicaiton. Each Change Request can be recorded simultaneously. A Change Request impacting the software is linked to a Project. SCOPE allows for multiple projects to impact an Application at any one time.