Function Point Analysis Software Offered Under SaaS Model

1. Magnitude FPA Repository Software (The only FPA product available under SaaS distribution)

7. Why Magnitude? Feature Comparison Magnitude is the only product in the market that enables organizations to capture FP data at each iteration level within an agile release. A user can select the lifecycle phase within the iteration to submit the counts. Nil Yes Support for Agile 2 Magnitude provides a hierarchical structure that is closer to the reality. It is the only product that allows releases within releases to any depth. This supports the release management strategy where a major release could have multiple minor sub releases. Partial Yes Capability to capture FPA data for the entire organization at Application, Release and Iteration levels. Hierarchical construct. 1 Remarks Other Tools Magnitude Feature Sr #

8. Why Magnitude? Feature Comparison Only a few FPA tools in the market have this capability in built. Most of the repository software tie up with other product vendors to facilitate this. Magnitude will have an integrated COCOMO-2 estimation tool soon. Partial to Nil Under Development Plan Inbuilt estimation tool based on standards like COCOMO - 2 that utilizes organization's own past data for predicting estimates for the new projects 8 Yes Yes Facilitates tight control on scope creeps 7 This will be available soon. Yes Under Development Plan Portfolio Valuations 6 Yes Yes Inbuilt audit trail for FPA data add, delete and change events 5 Mostly Yes Yes Inbuilt version control of FPA repository 4 Most of the good products have this feature Yes Yes Traceability between Transaction & Data Functions 3 Remarks Other Tools Magnitude Feature Sr #

9. Why Magnitude? Feature Comparison Magnitude counts are globally shareable due to its distribution under SaaS model. Most of the other tools need to generate a count file that can then be sent over an email. Magnitude also supports file generation as other tools but it is also able to share data in a much more superior way via internet. Yes Yes and in a superior way Support for global sharing of FPA count data 11 Magnitude supports merger of count submissions upwards, i.e., from Iteration to Release to Application levels. Yes Yes Count merge facility 10 Only a few tools support this fully. We have an upper hand here because the counts can be submitted from any location on the globe while other tools may support parallel counting on the same network only (limited within the same premise). Partial to Nil Yes Support for Parallel Counting by multiple counters 9 Remarks Other Tools Magnitude Feature Sr #

10. Why Magnitude? Feature Comparison Yes Yes Easy to use interface 15 Targeted by end of year 2009. We are planning to support integration with ISBG for all project types Partial to Nil Under Development Plan Coupling with Industry Benchmarking Services like ISBSG 14 We are developing this and should be available by end of this year. This will help organizations to auto track metrics like defect / FP, effort / FP etc. Only a few tools support this Under Development Plan Integration with Requirements Management, Defect Management and Project Management software 13 A fully featured metrics module will be integrated within 3 months. Yes Under Development Plan Metrics Management 12 Remarks Other Tools Magnitude Feature Sr #

11. Why Magnitude? Feature Comparison With Magnitude, all new product features shall be instantly available to all the users around the globe without any downloads needed. Again, this is possible due to SaaS distribution model. No Yes Ease of new release management and distribution 17 Most of the products are priced between 100 USD to 4500 USD per user license but we are able to price it at 10 cents per application release (for unlimited number of users) due to its distribution under SaaS model. This will make it highly affordable to companies of all sizes and shapes and will really encourage Function Points Analysis process to be adopted world wide. No Yes Low pricing with High Quality 16 Remarks Other Tools Magnitude Feature Sr #

12. Why Magnitude? Feature Comparison Major products support multi lingual interface while we are restricted to English only for now. This enhancement is not in our development plan for now. Yes No Support for multiple languages 19 We will apply for this once we are out of beta phase. Yes No IFPUG certification 18 Remarks Other Tools Magnitude Feature Sr #

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