Flash Tutorials

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Software Applications List Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how SCOPE :

Stores and manages multiple function point counts for multiple Releases of software applications within an Organization.
Uses the lock icon to designate the latest counts for each application and which ones are currently being updated
Displays the different types of count size reports

Set Up a New Application Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Set up a new Software Application in the SCOPE software applications portfolio list
Input data into the fields that can be stored about an application to assist in profiling applications for productivity analysis

Set Up a New Release Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Set up a new Releases to be counted for a Software Application in the Software Applications Portfolio List
Set up a Baseline Function Point count under the Production Releases
Set up an Enhancement Count under Work in Progress Releases and basing it on a previous Baseline count .

Set Up a New Baseline Count Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Set up a New Baseline Release Count for a software Application in SCOPE
Complete all the data entry fields with appropriate data in the Count Session Details screen

Set Up an Enhancement Count Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Set up a new Enhancement Count as a Count Session under a Work In Progress Release
Link the Count Session to an Enhancement Project that is a business initiative that has many Count sessions across many different applications
Add , change and delete Elementary processes and Logical Files to record the impact of the Change Request
Report the size of an Enhancement Project's Count Session

Setting up Multiple Counts on the Same Release Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Set up multiple count sessions for a Release of a Software application such that each Change Request can be associated with a Project and can be counted independently of other Change Requests
Complete all the data entry fields with appropriate data in the Count Session Details screen for a Change Request

Importing and Exporting Release Counts Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Import and export SCOPE Releases and their Count Sessions from one Database to another
Update the baseline Production Baseline when a Work In Progress Release Project counts are completed.

Building the Hierarchical Trees Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Understand the structure of the SCOPE windows which are based on 4 'objects' Functions, Data , Notes and Attributes
Navigate and switch views between the 4 SCOPE objects and the Detail screen
Insert new Nodes both at group level and detailed level
Move nodes around a tree and copy and paste
Sort a tree branch
Link a node on one tree to a node on another tree
Insert new Elementary Processes, Logical Files and Notes
Set Data Entry defaults to speed up data entry

Counting an Elementary Process Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to enter function point details about an elementary process :

Record process type
Record process complexity via different methods of accuracy
Link an elementary process to the logical files that it references as part of its processing
Link an elementary process to the data element types that cross the boundary for the process
View Data, Notes and Attributes linked to a process
View which Change Requests for the Release have impacted the process

Counting a Logical File Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to enter function point details about a Logical File :

Record type - ILF or EIF
Record data group complexity via different methods of accuracy
Link an elementary process to the logical files that it references as part of its processing
Link an elementary process to the data element types that cross the boundary for the process
View Processes Notes and Attributes linked to the Logical File
View which Change Requests for the Release have impacted the Logical File

Import Multiple Count Sessions from other databases or Releases into a Master Release Count Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Import an export Count Sessions from one Release to another on the same database, or another Database such that an Organization can have a Master Database of Counts and have counters count on a copy of the baseline. When the Count is imported back into the Master database, it is merged with the latest Release of the Baseline.

The Import/export counts session feature allows:

Counts for 'what - if' projects that have been done at sometime in past and now approved to be imported and applied to a later version of the baseline.
Multiple counters to count Change Requests on the same baseline at the same time. They export out the Release then set up their Count Session locally. When they are finished counting they can export their Count Session and it can be imported back into the master. This allows very fast counting of multiple CRs by many counters at the same time.
An Organization to have a MASTER Repository of all their counts that can be managed by an administrator. Releases can be checked out of the Repository and counts performed. When the counts have been checked they can be imported back into the Master Repository. They are merged into
the latest Release baseline, they do not overwrite it. This feature enables organisations to control the update of their Master Counts.

Importing a Count from Microsoft EXCEL Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Cut and paste your existing EXCEL function point count into the SCOPE Excel template and save it as a CSV file so that it can be imported into SCOPE
Import Function, Data and Notes trees into SCOPE from a CSV file created by the SCOPE Excel Template

Importing and Exporting Trees and Parts of Trees Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Cut and paste your whole trees or parts of trees between different counts of Releases in the same SCOPE database or different databases

This feature is useful when you want to re-use parts of functional trees , Data Lists or Notes from other counts or databases to minimise data entry. SCOPE will give you the option to copy across any nodes from other trees that are linked to the copied nodes.

Filtering - Using Links as Search Criteria Tutorial movieIcon

This tutorial describes how to :

Filter your Functional Model to quantitatively report different subsets of information that are displayed as 'flagged nodes'
Save the selection criteria that you used and re-apply it at a later date
Save the filtered result (flagged nodes) and re-display them at a later date
Cumeralatively apply filters previously saved to refine your reported flagged result

This feature is useful when you to :

Find potentially impacted processes when you have a Change Request that impacts the data stored within a File - you can use the filtering option to find all the processes that use a logical file
Quantify the functionality that matches a defined set of criteria - eg. when you have linked processes to an attribute you can filter on the attribute and SCOPE will report the functional size of all Processes and data linked to that Attribute
Quantify the proportion of functionality that satisfies a particular combination of requirements eg. find all the processes that are linked to a particular file, that are 'mandatory' to be in this Release ( linked to the 'mandatory' attribute) AND still have outstanding errors (linked to Notes - Error identified).