| Topic |
Duration |
| Course overview and
introduction - Become familiar with the help files, tutorials, users
manual. |
15 minutes
|
| How to set up a prediction
project - This covers all of the "File" functions |
15 minutes |
| Installing
Frestimate |
15 minutes |
| Predictions
|
|
| How to set up the prediction
general inputs - This covers each of the input fields on this page
including the MTTF objectives, MTSWR, growth period, size
|
1 hour |
| Break |
15 minutes
|
| How to use the SEI CMM model
the Industry model |
15 minutes |
| Understanding the results -
Defect density, predicted defects, MTTF and MTBI at end of testing,
start of testing, fully operational, at next release and average
values. |
1 hour
|
| Break |
15 minutes |
| How to use the Shortcut model -
Input data, import, export, review results, determine confidence
|
1 hours |
| Understanding the results -
Availability, Reliability, All of these values filtered for
catastrophic defect types. |
30
minutes
|
| Lunch Break |
1 hour |
| How to use the Full-scale model
-Input data, import, export, review results, determine confidence
|
2 hours breaks |
| How to create components - This
is useful when there are multiple organizations developing software |
15 minutes
|
| How to generate trends - These
trends are usually the reason why people do predictions. How much
testing do we need to reach our objective? How many people will be
needed to support the software? Other trends too. |
30 minutes |
| Break |
15 minutes |
| How to use the standard cost
module |
1 hour |
| Closing
|
|
| Topic |
Duration |
| Estimations - The
WhenToStop module
|
|
| How estimations are different
then predictions, Overview of estimation models
|
30 minutes |
| How to input the failure data
|
30 minutes
|
| Break |
15 minutes
|
| How to generate the parameters |
30 minutes |
| How understand and use each of
the models |
2 hours with breaks |
| How to determine which model
has the lowest relative error |
15 minutes |
| Lunch break |
1 hour |
| How to generate trends - These
trends are usually the reason why people do estimations. How much
more testing do we need to reach our objective? How many
people will be needed to support the software? Other trends too.
These trends use actual observed failures while the prediction
trends are performed prior to testing without any failure data.
|
1 hour |
| How to measure the actual
fielded MTTF |
15 minutes |
| Predictions - The Rome
Laboratory Module |
|
| How to use the Rome Labs model
- Input data, review results |
1 hour |
| Break |
15 minutes |
| The Manager's Edition Cost
Module |
|
| How to use the Manager's
Edition cost module |
1 hour |
| Closing |
15 minutes |
