Computer Society of India

Mumbai Chapter

ISMA-13 13

th International Conference on Software Measurement Analysis

&

CSI Foundation Day Celebration

6th March. 2017

Computer Society of India Mumbai Chapter and IFPUG (International Function Point Users Group)

organised 13th

International Conference ISMA-13 on Software Measurement Analysis and CSI

Foundation Day Celebration in association with IIT Bombay, at Victor Menezes Convention Centre,

IIT Bombay, Powai on March. 6, 2017.

Inauguration Inauguration

The International Conference ISMA-13 jointly held with IFPUG (International Function Point Users

Group) on March 6, 2017 at VMCC, IIT Bombay on the occasion of CSI Foundation day was a grand

success with participation of more than 225 members from Mumbai, Hyderabad, Benguluru, Pune,

Nashik, Gujarat, Ranchi, Coimbatore, Chennai etc alongside 15 International participants from the

USA, UK, France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Australia and Netherland.

Mr. Murali Chemuturi well known figure in Software Measurement and Analysis and Author of

many books in this field inaugurated the Conference. Dr. D. B. Phatak delivered the keynote

address followed by Mr. Thomas Cagley, the President of IFPUG who spoke on CEP Presentation.

Three parallel specialised sessions with eighteen presentations of International Standards pacified

the hunger of the participants with knowledge about function point, story point and SNAP etc.

during the post lunch period.

Panel Discussion Panel Discussion

The invited talks were on :- 1) Panel Discussion on : Current and Future Activities to improve

Software Estimation in Indian Companies by Anjali Mogre (Moderator) Atos, Panel Members :-

Durgesh Joshi, Amdocs; Sridevi Devathi, HCL; Sarika and Amit Arun Javadekar, InfoSys; Ryan Bryers,

Atos 2) Software Measurement – Challenges and Opportunities by Mr. Murali Chemuturi, 3) CEP

Presentation by Mr. Tom Cagley, President, IFPUG (International Function Point Users Group) 4)

Software Analytics & Measurement Mr. Mir Hidayathulla, Technical Director, CAST 5) Software

Measurement by Mr. Hitesh Sanghavi, MD, Cunix Infotech

Parallel Track Presentations:

Seminar Hall A)

1) Using IFPUG Functional Sizing and Historical data to improve Business Success by Mr. John

Ogilvie, CEO ISBSG Ltd. Australia 2) Build a competitive workplace – Shape up with data by

Bharathi Vasanthakrishna, Director Kornerstone Analytics Pvt. Ltd 3) Principles of Software

Estimation (and how FPA can support better estimates) by Mr. Don Beckett, QSM, USA 4) Attracting

Management to Sizing and Measurement by Christine Green, HPE, Denmark 5) How to apply sizing

and agile to complex heterogeneous solutions? by Eric van der Vliet, CGI, Netherlnd 6) From Lean

to Value-Based Management by Mr. Luigi Buglione, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA, Italy

Seminar Hall B)

1) Using SNAP for Sizing Corrective Maintenance by Mr. Amit Javadekar, Infosys Limited 2)

Estimatics – The synergy of Estimation and Analytics by Ms. Sujatha Sivaraman, Virtusa Polaris 3)

Sysmetry – Integrated FPA and SNAP by Mr. Krupananda Babu Mannekunta, Metric Wise 4)

Functional Sizing of Data Analytics Projects, Ms. Anjali Mogre, Atos Origin 5) Quick Function Point -

To accelerate the sizing process by Ms. Bhawna Thakur, CGI 6) Software Cost Estimation using Data

Mining – Review Sumera Ahmad, P.R.M.I.T & R

Seminar Hall C)

1) YOY Productivity and Output based Pricing by Ms. Sridevi Devathi, HCL Technologies Ltd. 2)

Platform Rationalization Programs -Implementing FP and SNAP together by Mr. Kiran Yeole, Amdocs

3) SCOR Analysis of SNAP Implementation by Mr. Srinivasa Rao K, Mindtree Ltd 4) Estimating Test

Efforts by Mr. Rajesh Koduru, MphasiS 5) Moving from traditional Fixed Bid / T&M to ‘Outcome

based’ pricing model using Function Points - Practical challenges by Mr. Saurabh Saxena, Zensar 6)

The International Function Point Users Group Improves the SNAP Method by Mr. Sachin Thakur,

Amdocs

CSI Foundation Day Celebrations

In the evening, CSI Foundation Day Celebrations were a treat to the mind and soul of the

participants as well as spouses of the CSI Members who enjoyed ten presentations of Vibrant

Bharat Natyam sequences befitting the occasion. Finally the parting after the networking dinner left

a craving appetite for more such reunions.

Pre and Post Conference Workshops

1) Software Estimation & Software Using Function Point by Ms. Anjali Mogre 2) Software Non

Functional Assessment Process by Mr. Saurabh Saxena, Zensar 3) Effective Application

Development, Maintenance & Support Benchmarking, by John Ogilvy, CEO ISBSG, Australia

Overall we saw more than 350 delegates attend the Conference, Track Presentation, Workshops

and CSI Foundation Day Event

Members from the various CSI student branches worked actively during the conference.

Main Conference Main Conference

IIT Bombay Campus IIT Bombay Campus

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CSI Foundation Day Evening CSI Foundation Day Evening

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