Eric van der Vliet - ICEAA SW - Status.pdf

ICEAA Software SIG and Software Cost Estimation Certification

1. ICEAA –SW SIG
Status
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2. Agenda
•Agenda SW SIG Status
•What is Cost Estimation
•Some history
•CEBoK - S
•ICEAA – SW SIG Initiative
•ICEAA – SW SIG Status
•Next steps
•Questions
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3. What is Cost Estimation
•The discipline to determine the total cost of an IT
Solution
•Use of processes, methods, techniques and tools to
come up with the final costs / budget
•A step performed by a ‘Cost Estimator’
•The cost estimator provides input for the Budget or
Pricing
•The Cost Estimator supports the Solution Architect in
decisions making
•Cost Estimation is a new discipline in IT and includes
more than effort estimation
•Cost Estimation is the basis for the budgeting or
pricing of solutions
•The result of the Cost Estimator is the basis for the
Project Manager to control the delivery
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4. Cost Estimation– In Context
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• Resource management
• Risk management
• Delivery control
• Collection of actual data
•Re-estimation due to scope changes / actual data
• Scope (Dev; Ops; Infra; Services; …)
• Requirements / Specifications (Functional / Non-Functional)
• Solution Breakdown Structure
• First cost indication (Solution )
EAS
Solution
Estimating
Delivery
execution /
control
Metrics
collection
• Solution based estimates
• Solution Breakdown Structure (SBS)
• Solution elements
• Effort, duration, staffing, costs
• Risk identification, uncertainty
•Collect and analyze actual data
• Analyze velocity / productivity
• Benchmarking against market data
• Verification of actual estimates
• Lean analysis on processes
•Maintain data as input for new estimates

5. Somehistory
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6. CEBoK-S
Software Cost Estimating Body of Knowledge (CEBoK-S):
•A specialty version of Cost Estimating Body of Knowledge (CEBoK®)
•Oriented to software cost, effort and schedule estimating
•A collaborative development effort that marries content from:
•BCF-250 -US Defense Acquisition University Software Cost Estimating
•Draft materials contributed by IFPUG, Nesma, COSMIC, ISBSG, Galorath, PRICE® Systems, Boeing, US DoD,
Government Accountability Office (GAO), industry, and others
•New content (updated/globalized/enhanced) for software cost estimating
•An evolving body of knowledge to meet changing industry needs
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7. CEBoK-S Lesson Summary
Lesson 0: Setting
the stage for
CEBoK-S
Lesson 1:
Introduction
Lesson 2: Software
Development
paradigms
Lesson 3: CEBoK-S
Five-step
Estimating Process
Lesson 4:
Estimating Custom
Software
Development
Lesson 5: Software
Sustainment
Lesson 6:
Estimating
Procured Software
Solutions
Summary,
Templates
Lesson Z:
Commercial
Estimating
Models
Lesson X:
Software Size
Lesson Y:
Productivity
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8. ICEAA-SW SIG
•Established in October 2022 a Software Special Interest Group (SIG)
•Mission and purpose:
1.To promote the training and certification (SCES) for software cost estimation based upon the
Cost Estimating Body of Knowledge – Software (CEBoK-S)
2.To provide on-going review and updates to CEBoK-S
3.To identify and develop additional software / IT estimation related products to advance the profession
•Participation in the SIG is open to all ICEAA and Nesma members
•Kick-off meeting ICEAA – SW Board was held during ICEAA Workshop in May 2023
•Delayed due to delay in the release of the CEBoK-S
•Nesma participation
•Eric van der Vliet (Chair, Marketing)
•Harrold van Heeringen (Marketing)
•Steve Robinson
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9. WG1: Maintenance
•This WG has the responsibility to develop/execute a Maintenance plan for the CEBoK-S and SW-SIG
•The main priorities are:
Quality
•Reduction of overlapping text
•Improvement of slide layouts
•Textual improvements
Actualize
•Actualization of referenced materials
•Actualization of examples provided
•Actualization of speaker notes
Update
•Update of content based on actual materials
•Addition of new materials
•Removal of current (less relevant) materials
Objective: To maintain an up to date
and consistent set of CEBOK-S study
and training materials
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10. WG2: Marketing
•This WG has the responsibility to develop a marketing plan for the CEBoK-S and SW-SIG to present to ICEAA
•The main priorities are:
GOAL:
Create a marketing plan and execute the activities.
OBJECTIVES:
IncreaseCEBOK-S sales
IncreaseICEAA/Nesma membership
Plan
•Present plan to ICEAA
•Seek initial funding for Marketing activities
•20% of CEBoK-S sales set aside for the Software SIG
Execute
•Creation of awareness
•Targetinga target group with marketing activities
•Achieve a Considerationin the target group to buy
•Decisionin the target group to actually buy
Monitor
•Measuring of the effect of the marketing activities
•Key Performance Indicators
•Data driven decision of the marketing strategy
Geografisch/GeographicalTargets
•North Amercia
•Canada
•Europe
•India
•Korea/Japan
•Australia
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11. ICEAA –SW SIG Status
•Maintenance
•Sessions to discuss improvements
•Actualizing the materials
•Creation of training materials
•Creation of training videos
•Marketing
•Marketing plan sent to the ICEAA Board
•First feedback received
•Follow-up feedback expected in June
•Started with communication on Linked-in
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12. Next steps
•Nesma
•Creation of training material for APAC
•ICEAA
•Approval of the marketing plan and budget
•ICEAA – SW SIG
•Follow-up with maintaining the current content
•Continue the marketing and achieve the set targets
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13. Questions?
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