IFPUG
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The International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) is a US-based organization with worldwide chapters{{Cite web|title=Current Chapters – IFPUG|url=https://www.ifpug.org/chapters/current-chapters-2/|access-date=2021-02-25|language=en-US}} of Function point analysis metric software users.{{Cite web|title=IFPUG – International Function Point Users Group|url=https://www.ifpug.org/|access-date=2021-02-25|language=en-US}}{{cite book |title=Software process improvement: metrics, measurement, and process modelling |editor1-first=Michael|editor1-last=Haug |editor2-first=Eric W.|editor2-last=Olsen|editor3-first=Lars|editor3-last=Bergman |year=2001 |publisher=Springer |isbn=3-540-41787-7 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cajXd9AhyEC&dq=IFPUG&pg=PA99}} It is a non-profit, member-governed organization founded in 1986.
IFPUG owns Function Point Analysis (FPA) as defined in ISO 20296{{Cite web|title=ISO/IEC 20246:2017|url=https://www.iso.org/cms/render/live/en/sites/isoorg/contents/data/standard/06/74/67407.html|access-date=2021-02-25|website=ISO|language=en}} which specifies the definitions, rules and steps for applying the IFPUG's functional size measurement (FSM) method. FPA can be traced to the work of Allan Albrecht of IBM{{Cite web|date=2016-07-25|title=Measuring Application Development Productivity - IBM|url=https://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=7298|access-date=2021-02-25|website=researcher.watson.ibm.com|language=en-US}} who pioneered functional sizing in 1979 which derived a functional size of product value distinct and disassociated from lines of code, technology, or software language.{{cite journal|last=Albrecht|first=Allan|title=Measuring Application Development Productivity|journal=Proceedings of the Joint SHARE, GUIDE, and IBM Application Development Symposium|date=October 14–17, 1979|pages=83–92}}
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IFPUG maintains the Function Point Counting Practices Manual (CPM),{{cite book|title=Counting Practices Manual 4.3|date=January 2010|publisher=IFPUG}} and the SNAP Assessment Practices Manual,{{cite book|title=SNAP APM V 2.2|date=2 April 2014|publisher=IFPUG}} the recognized industry standards for functional and non-functional sizing. IFPUG provides testing and certification for the Certified Function Point Specialist (CFPS), the Certified Function Point Practitioner (CFPP), and the Certified SNAP Practitioner (CSP). Generally, certification is for three years although the CFPS has a certification extension program.
IFPUG offers individual, corporate, countrywide, worldwide, and academic memberships spanning six continents.{{Cite web|title=Membership Information – IFPUG|url=https://www.ifpug.org/membership/|access-date=2021-02-25|language=en-US}} The annual International Software Measurement & Analysis (ISMA) conferences, access to standards documents, certification support, white papers, the semi-annually produced MetricViews, and educational events represent some of the membership benefits.
FPA allows organizations to understand the functional size of an application prior to its development. As a result, Requests for quotations can be evaluated based on the "richness" of the functionality in addition to its cost and schedule parameters.{{cite web|title=Measuring for Business|url=http://www.measuring4business.com/descargas.html|publisher=leda-mc|accessdate=2 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509113700/http://www.measuring4business.com/descargas.html|archive-date=2015-05-09|url-status=dead}} Several national governments have adopted the use of functional sizing as a prerequisite for bidding on their contracts.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Functional sizing can also contribute to determining the level of effort warranted once an application is deployed.
The IFPUG membership, functional and non-functional assets and certifications, and IFPUG partners assist in fulfilling IFPUG's mission: to be the recognized leader in promoting and encouraging the effective management of application software development and maintenance activities through the use of software product and process metrics.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/787843420|title=The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement|date=2012|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4398-6934-5|location=Hoboken|oclc=787843420}}
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External links
- [http://www.ifpug.org Official IFPUG website]
- [http://www.fattocs.com/en/faq-8 What is the IFPUG CFPS (Certified Function Point Specialist) certification?]
- [https://www.ifpug.org/publications-products/ifpug-in-a-box/ IFPUG-in-a-Box]
- [https://www.ifpug.org/snap-in-a-box/ SNAP-in-a-Box]
- [https://www.ifpug.org/40-years-of-function-points-past-present-future/ 40 Years of Function Points: Past, Present, Future]
- [https://www.ifpug.org/ifpug-method-to-size-non-functional-requirements-snap-is-now-an-ieee-worldwide-standard-ieee-2430-2019/ IFPUG method to size non-functional requirements (SNAP) is now an IEEE worldwide standard: IEEE 2430-2019]