ISO/IEC 24570:2016 - What's new?

ISO/IEC 24570:2016

Whats NEW?Frank VogelezangCounting Practices CommitteeJune 23, 2016

1

Why do we need a new standardCurrent standard dates from 2005Every 5 years a systematic review takes place

2010 An IT standard that does not change in 5 years is uncommonInventory of possible changes > ChangelistOn september 17, 2015 the standard was reaffirmed for 5 yearsNow the changes will go through the PAS procedure

| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?

PAS procedureCurrent standard was introduced via PAS procedure

Change procedure is the same as the original introduction

We can change more than the items in the change list

As long as we obey the ISO/IEC directives for a standard document


The new Nesma version| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?EN 2.1 + 2.2 NL=EN 2.3 NL

Objectives for the new versionNo change of scope

Clarification of ambiguities of the current version

Backwards compatibleFunction Point count results from version 2.1/2.2 should not be different from the same count in version 2.3*

* when the same interpretation as clarified in version 2.3 is used| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?

ESTIMATED becomes HIGH LEVELESTIMATED

Has a double meaning:Judgmental indicationGlobal value

Suggest imprecisionHIGH LEVEL

Describes that it is top-down

Describes an approach

Does not suggest (im)precision| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?

EIF becomes ELFArguments

Interface might suggest a technical solutionMore consistent with the Dutch term


HIGH LEVEL in the new standard| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?




Chapter 6-10

New definition of FUNCTIONAL CHANGE| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?


ELF


FPA in agile development cycles| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?



GUI is not special anymore| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?

Shared use of data| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?



Changed subclause on ILF| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW? logical

New subclause on ELF| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?

ELF

Should we change the counting of EQ?ArgumentsIt is inconsistent with the general rule from section 5.23It is very time-consuming and therefore not often usedIn practice complexity is almost always determined by the output

ProposalOnly use the complexity matrix of the output side| ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?

Did we miss something?Arguments

Proposal | ISO/IEC 24570:2016 WHATS NEW?

ISO/IEC 24570:2016 - What's new?

Software