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Too often in those environments the work associated with the management of the project becomes the main tasks that get done, while the real work doesn’t always get accomplished. As an example, many project management software applications come complete with tons of functionality, but, they can also be way too complicated and unwieldy for most people. Trying to learn how to use such project management software, then keep the plan accurate and up to date, becomes a frustrating, full time job all in itself. • Many software projects fail: • due to faulty project management practices: • It is important to learn different aspects of software project management. • Goal of software project management: • enable a group of engineers to work efficiently towards successful completion of a software project. A “Project” can be defined as all actions to be realized to fulfill a given need in a given lead-time.

Every project has start and end dates, a budget and assigned resources (human or material) to be held. Analytical 1.4 Metrics for Project Size Estimation A software metric is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications. Common software metrics include: order of growth (See Analysis of algorithms in terms of Asymptotic analysis and Big O notation) source lines of code cyclomatic complexity function points bugs per line of code code coverage number of lines of customer requirements. A function point is a unit of measurement to express the amount of business functionality an information systm provides to a user.

The cost (in dollars or hours) of a single unit is calculated from past projcts. Function points are the units of measure used by theIFPUG Functional Size Measurement Method. The IFPUG FSM Method is an ISO recognised S/W metric to size an information systm based on the functionality that is perceived by the user of the information system, independent of the technology used to implement the information system. The IFPUG FSM Method (ISO/IEC 20926 Software Engineering - Function Point Counting Practices Manual) is one of five currently recognised ISO standards for functionally sizing software. The function user requirements of the software are identified and each one is categorized into one of five types: outputs, inquiries, inputs, internal files, and external interfaces. Once the function is identified and categorised into a type, it is then assessed for complexity and assigned a number of function points.