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WCAC ICEAA June Luncheon: “What’s the buzz around the ICEAA’s new Software Cost Estimating Certification (SCEC)”
June 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
SUBJECT: WCAC ICEAA June Luncheon: “What’s the buzz around the ICEAA’s new Software Cost Estimating Certification (SCEC)”
PRESENTED BY: Kevin McKeel, Logapps, LLC
TIME: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 12:00 to 1:00pm eastern
LOCATION:
MS Teams
Meeting ID: 244 961 439 979
Passcode: D2VsVw
SUMMARY:
This training seminar will cover ICEAA’s new Software Cost Estimating Certification (SCEC) and an overview of software estimating. The nine SCEC modules will be discussed, common software development and maintenance processes will be reviewed, and best practices with estimating effort, cost and schedule will be identified. Cost drivers of size, complexity will be explained, and common software effort and schedule CERs will be provided. The different software sizing metrics (SLOC and Function Points) will be identified and differentiated. We will discuss the different software development paradigms (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid), and different approaches to estimating custom development and COTS/SaaS software projects. We will touch on some of the leading parametric tools, and the strengths/weaknesses with parametric tools will be noted.
The seminar will also explain how to prepare for and take the SCEC exam.
Speakers:
Kevin McKeel
Speaker Bio:
Kevin McKeel – Mr. Kevin McKeel has over 25 years of experience in software cost estimation. He is a CCEA and SAFe Architect and received the prestigious 2021 Technical Achievement of the Year award from ICEAA related to research of automated software sizing using AI and NLP. Mr. McKeel holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration (Finance, ‘89) from James Madison University and a Master’s in Business Administration (Decision Systems, ’92) from The George Washington University.