Function Point Modeler provides you a Software Life Cycle Management System . This key feature of Function Point Modeler enables you to track the functional evolution of an application system from the begin.
A application system is born with a Development Project Count . If you have completed your development project, you have to create a new Application Count for this current application system. All Process Type of Conversion will be deleted in the new Application Count . The new Application Count will include only the real user functions from the previously Development Project Count .
You create a Enhancement Project Count from the Application Count of your application system. In this case all Enhancement Type of the transactional functions and data funtions will be set as Not Changed . If some of them has to change during enhancement project, you have to set Enhancement Type as Changed . You can also add new transactional functions and data functions to your Enhancement Project Count .
If you have completed your Enhancement Project Count you have to update the Application Count of your application system from the latest Enhancement Project Count , so that the Application Count of your application system has current user functions. This is repeatable till to the end of the application system life. It is called Software Life Cycle Management System .
