February 2005 Edition

News Editor: HYDSPIN Working Group

Dear SPIN members,

Welcome to February 2005 edition of Newsletter.

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In this Issue:

• Sessions held in February 2005
• Link of the Edition
• Knowledge Point

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HYDSPIN sessions in Feb 2005

4th February 2005

• Topic: JBoss - a best Professional Open Source Java Middleware Platform
• Speaker: Mr. Subramaniam Satyamoorthy, Director & Head of Asia Pacific, of JBoss Inc.,
• Venue:
Softpro Systems Ltd ,5th Floor, SoftPro Heights,Plot No 12, Software Units Layout
• Timings:
6.30 pm to 7.30 Pm

28th February 2005

• Topic: 
Software Estimation- Focusing on Function Point Analysis
• Speaker: Mrs. Bharathi Vasanthakrishnan,
Head of Kornerstoneconsultants
• Venue:
Vivekananda conference room, 3rd floor, Satyam computer services ltd; Lake shore towers; Rajbhavan road
• Timings:
6.30 pm to 8.30 Pm 

Other Events

None

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Link of the Edition: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/resources/IanS/

(This link takes one to Ian Sommerville's works on Software Engineering. Just In Case its unknown, Ian Sommerville is a author, academic and consultant. This link is exclusive one on Software Engineering. Lots of free downloads on presentations are available.)

Knowledge Point: Estimations- "Good estimating approaches solid historical data offer the best hope that reality will win over impossible demands."- Caper Jones

Remember:

(a). The more you know the better you estimate. Therefore, update your estimates as the project progresses.

(b). An estimation model reflects the population of projects from which it has been derived. Therefore, the model is domain sensitive. None of these models should be used without careful calibration to your environment.

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