Presentation by Alain Abran and Frank Vogelezang at the CIO breakfast session from Amiti with CIOs from Government and private companies on how the COSMIC method offers critical knowledge for today and tomorrow to improve software project estimation.

1. SOFTWARE
PROJECT
ESTIMATION
Critical knowledge for today and tomorrow
Alain Abran
Chairman
Frank Vogelezang
President

2. TOPICS FOR TODAY
 Principles over Rules
 Where is the money
 Early insight
 The motor of change
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3. SECOND GENERATION
Simple PRINCIPLES
instead of
complex RULES
Entry
Exit
Write
Read

4. WHERE IS THE MONEY
Use a normalizing unit to
establish whether your
IT budget is well spent
CFP as the m2 of software

5. VALUE FOR MONEY
Use MXN/CFP as a base
for software contracts
Use defects/CFP as a
quality measure
Use CFP/month as a
productivity comparison
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6. PREDICTABLE PROJECTS
Software projects become
predictable when you are
using benchmark data and
validated estimation
methods

7. PROJECT ESTIMATION
Use size data and project
attributes to create
reliable estimates

8. PROJECT CONTROL
Use size data to
track real progress

9. EARLY INSIGHT
Early estimation techniques
provide enough information
when you prepare budget

10. WHAT ABOUT AGILE
CFP can demystify agile
estimation by offering a
standardized alternative
for story points
© Drew Stephens

11. START SMALL
Analyze 5-10 past projects
to build your own model
Use external help to build
the model

12. THE MOTOR OF CHANGE
When a dominant purchasing
party adopts COSMIC
Suppliers will follow
© Courtesy of APL Footwear

13. THE MOTOR OF CHANGE
Government supported
process improvement helps
competitors to cooperate
© Nesma

14. THE MOTOR OF CHANGE
Pensions & Social Benefits
7.2 million people
Benefits: 168.8 billion PLN
821.6 billion MXN
47.000 employees
IT budget 627 million PLN
3.05 billion MXN
© Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych

15. THE MOTOR OF CHANGE
Ministry of Digital Affairs
“To create a digital boost for
the development of Poland”
Technology not at any cost
© Telewizja Republika

16. THE MOTOR OF CHANGE
Certification is an important
prerequisite for quality
COSMIC Certified Practitioners in Mexico

17. THE MOTOR OF CHANGE
Is the Mexican government
our next positive example?

18. www.cosmic-sizing.org