Instructions

FUNCTION POINT COUNTING FACILITY

This Excel Workbook provides a complete function point counting facility. It enables you to:
. identify and count the individual components of an application,
. enter an adjustment factor,
. compute an overall estimate of effort.

Instructions

Steps

1 1. Identify the project or application being counted.

2. List and analyze each of the components of the application.

2a Internal Logical Files (ILFs)

2b External Interface Files (EIFs)

2c External Inputs (EIs)

2d External Outputs (EOs)

2e External Queries (EQs)

3 3. Review the Unadjusted Function Point Count.

4 4. Calculate the Value Adjustment Factor.

5 5. Identify a Calibration Factor.

6 6. Identify a Function Point Delivery Rate (in function points per person-month)

7 7. Identify a conversion factor (person-months to person-days).

8 8. Review the high level estimate of total effort.

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 Summary

SUMMARY

Instructions Return
Project Identification
Customer Name
Project Name
Project Code
Analyst
Date

Summary Estimates
Unadjusted Function Point Count From FP worksheet
Processing Complexity Adjustment Factor From PCA worksheet
Adjusted Function Point Count (AFP) Calculated: (FP*PCA)
Calibration Factor (CF) See note
Total Function Point Measure (TFP) Calculated: (AFP*CF)
Delivery Rate (DR) in FPs/person month See note
Days per person-month (DPM) See note
High Level Effort Estimate (in person-days) Calculated: (TFP/DR) * DPM

Diagnostics
1. Enter project identification data.
2. Check FP worksheet to review Unadjusted Function Point Count.
3. Use PCA worksheet to identify the Processing Complexity Adjustment Factor.
4. Enter a calibration factor.
5. Enter a delivery rate in FPs/person-month. Delivery rate can not be zero
6. Enter a factor for converting person-months to person-days.

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 VAF

VALUE ADJUSTMENT FACTOR (VAF)

Instructions Return

Degree of
General Systems Characteristics Influence Description
(0-5)
1. Data Communications
2. Distributed Processing
3. Performance
4. Heavily Used Configuration
5. Transaction Rates
6. Online Data Entry
7. Design for End User Efficiency
8. Online Update
9. Complex Processing
10. Usable in Other Applications
11. Installation Ease
12. Operational Ease
13. Multiple Sites
14. Facilitate Change
Total Degree of Influence (TDI) Calculated (sum of the above)
Value Adjustment Factor (VAF) Calculated ((TDI*0.01)+0.65)

Diagnostics
Enter a value for each general system characteristic.
Degree of influence values must be 0-5.

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 FPs

UNADJUSTED FUNCTION POINT COUNT (FP)

Instructions Return
Functional Function
Function Type Complexity Count Weight Points (FPs) FP %
Internal Logical Files (ILFs) Low 0 7 0
Average 0 10 0
High 0 15 0
External Interface Files (EIFs) Low 0 5 0
Average 0 7 0
High 0 10 0
External Inputs (EIs) Low 0 3 0
Average 0 4 0
High 0 6 0
External Outputs (EOs) Low 0 4 0
Average 0 5 0
High 0 7 0
External Queries (EQs) Low 0 3 0
Average 0 4 0
High 0 6 0
Total Unadjusted Function Point Count 0 0%

Diagnostics
1. Use ILF worksheet to identify and analyze Internal Logical Files.
2. Use EIF worksheet to identify and analyze External Interface Files.
3. Use EI worksheet to identify and analyze External Inputs.
4. Use EO worksheet to identify and analyze External Outputs.
5. Use EQ worksheet to identify and analyze External Queries.

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 ILFs

INTERNAL LOGICAL FILES (ILFs)

Instructions Insert New Row Return

# of # of Complexity
List of files DETs RETs Low Average High Notes and Assumptions

Summary 0 0 0

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 EIFs

EXTERNAL INTERFACE FILES (EIFs)

Instructions Insert New Row Return

# of # of Complexity
List of files DETs RETs Low Average High Notes and Assumptions

Summary 0 0 0

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 EIs

EXTERNAL INPUTS (EIs)

Instructions Insert New Row Return

# of # of Complexity
List of inputs DETs FTRs Low Average High Notes and Assumptions

Summary 0 0 0

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 EOs

EXTERNAL OUTPUTS (EOs)

Instructions Insert New Row Return

# of # of Complexity
List of Outputs DETs FTRs Low Average High Notes and Assumptions

Summary 0 0 0

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 EQs

EXTERNAL QUERIES (EQs)

Instructions Insert New Row Return

Input Side Output Side Complexity
List of Queries # of # of # of # of
DETs FTRs Cmplxty DETs FTRs Cmplxty Low Average High Notes and Assumptions

Summary 0 0 0

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