You intuitively know that the scope of your software development project determines your team size, schedule, and budget. How do you measure software project scope, especially when you don’t have much information to go on?

Episode 3: Sizing Terms & Metrics is part of our Software Size Matters video series that explores how you not only can, but should be using software size measures at every stage of software project, program, and portfolio management. In Episode 1, we introduced QSM's Software Lifecycle Management top-down scope-based project estimating simulation model. In Episode 2, we explained why quantifying software size is so important. In this episode, we'll discuss sizing terms and metrics you're likely familiar with and already using.

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Size is one of Five Core Metrics used to understand and manage software projects.

In today's world, Data Analytics is everywhere helping us recognize patterns and trends, providing insights, and driving business decisions. Software engineers, cost analysts, and project and portfolio managers need data to:

• Sanity check vendor bids
• Prioritize software projects with the highest ROI or to achieve strategic goals
• Secure resources for projects in their pipeline
• Calculate and benchmark productivity and capacity
• Create realistic estimates and plans for new projects.

So ensuring your data is valid and relevant is crucial.

Episode 2: Why Quantify Software Size? is part of our video series, Software Size Matters! Why Quantifying Software Size is Critical for Project Estimating, Tracking, and Performance Benchmarking, that explores how you not only can but should be using software size measures at every stage of the software project, program, or portfolio management process. In this episode, we'll talk about how to keep your measurement process simple and useful and show key software project performance insights gained from software size.

Watch Episode 2: Why Quantify Software Size?

Our new video series, Software Size Matters! Why Quantifying Software Size is Critical for Project Estimating, Tracking, and Performance Benchmarking, explores how you not only can but should be using software size measures at every stage of the software project, program, or portfolio management process. We created this video series to help you improve the accuracy of your software estimates, plans and forecasts because software size matters. 

The core management metrics used for software estimation and software project management - schedule (duration), effort (cost), quality (defects) and developer productivity - all increase with software size (scope).  This may not surprise you. But did you know that they increase in a nonlinear fashion?  This is why estimating and managing software projects is challenging!

How good are your software project estimates compared to the actual time and money spent when the project's completed? If you want to improve your software estimation accuracy, this video series is for you!

Watch Episode 1: Introduction

Quantifying software size helps you with: