Japan Function Point Users Group
http://www.jfpug.gr.jp

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Message from President
Since its establishment on March, 1994, Japan Function Point Users Group, JFPUG, hasbeen promoting Function Point Analysis and wide use of software measurement methods.
The number of members is about 250, most of which are of companies.
As its mission is “to contribute to growth of software market through exploiting software
measurement methods,” JFPUG is operating in various areas like “improvement of software
estimation,” “improvement of software quality,” “software development period curtailment
and productivity improvement,” “risk reduction,” “fair trade,” “user satisfaction increase.”
JFPUG sincerely welcome you to join us.
President Kenji Hatsuda

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Name

Japan Function Point Users Group, JFPUG
Japan Affiliate of International Function Point Users Group, IFPUG
Member of International Software Benchmarking Standards Group, Ltd., ISBSG

President

Kenji Hatsuda (Hitachi, Ltd.)

Intentions

JFPUG is a regular affiliate of IFPUG, which is a USA-based organization. JFPUG promotes
understanding and wide use of Function Point Analysis, FPA, in Japan, and studies its usage,
software measurement methods through it and, further, general software measurement
methods. In addition, JFPUG functions as a clearing-house of information concerning its
activities and takes a facilitating role of communications among its members.

Organization Structure
Meeting, General Meeting
Board
Technologies Executives

Counting Practice Committee

Translation Committee

COSMIC Committee

Committee for CFPS
examinations in JapanSWMBOK Committee

FPA Lecturers Committee

Committee for FPA
exploitation (FPSMSG)

Home Page Committee
Secretariat1

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Major Activities of JFPUG
JFPUG operates depending on its members’ supports.
Under the supports, it performs the following;
1. Meetings
Members gather together once in two or three months, exchanging information about FPA and softwaredevelopment, offering materials for training and such. In addition, once a year, a special meeting is held inviting afirst class software metrics expert from abroad. All meetings are free for members.
2. IFPUG Manuals
JFPUG delivers for free to its members the following manuals issued by IFPUG.
(1) Counting Practice Manual(2) Function Points Assets Reporting to Managers Manual(3) Guidelines to Software Measurement Manual
Furthermore, other manuals such as Case Studies are offered when ready.
3. Training Courses
Training courses for software sizing using FPA are available. There are two types of courses, one for
persons at the entry level and the other for senior practitioners.
Fee for trainings: JPY 3,000 for entry level course and JPY 5,000 for seniors’ course.
4. Information Exchange
A dedicated mailing list for emails are provided for information exchange.
5. Committees
Committees of various type are established to solve problems about FPA and its usage.
6. Information about IFPUG
JFPUG is an affiliate of IFPUG, which leads FPA globally from USA.
JFPUG members can attend IFPUG meetings and training courses under the same condition as IFPUG
members.

How to Join JFPUG
There are two types of members; Company member and individual member.
Please see the JFPUG web site(http://www.jfpug.gr.jp) for details.
We hope you will be a member of JFPUG very near future.

Member status(As of September 2010)
Company members: 224

Benefits of members;
Individual member: 18-You can attend meetings held four times a year for free-You can acquire FPA manual for free-You can attend training courses at a discount rate
-You can take CFPS examinations in Japanese in Japan. CFPS stands for Certified (by IFPUG) Function PointSpecialist.

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What are being done in Committees

Counting Practice Committee(CPC)

Expounding upon and giving supplements about FPA counting rules.
Questions and answers about way of counting by “Counting Clinique” and adedicated web page for members

Committee for FPA exploitation(FPSMSG)

Studies of FP use such as tools for productivity and quality estimation.
Data collection and analysis of software development

Translation Committee

Translation and delivery of IFPUG manuals such as CPM for members

Home Page Committee(3PM)

Planning, operation and management of JFPUG official web site

Committee for CFPS examinationsin JapanOperations of CFPS Examinations in Japanese in Japan CFPS: IFPUG
Certified Function Point Specialist

COSMIC Committee

Evaluation and Promotion of COSMIC-FFP, which is a branch of FPA for
Real-time and embedded systems, its case studies and training courses

FPA Lecturers Committee

Conducting CPM(Counting Practice Manual) training courses and creation oftraining materialsSWMBOK Committee

Research of Software Metrics of Body of Knowledge, or SWMBOK (SoftwareMetrics Body of Knowledge)

JFPUG Chronicles
1994
1996
1999
2004
2007

Established as IFPUG Japanese members association
JFPUG was officially established as an affiliate of IFPUG
Became a member of ISBSG
Issued “Vision 2010”
Signed for SMU in Asia, with KOSMA and CSBSG
SMU: Software Metrics Union
KOSMA: Korean Software Metrics Association
CSBSG: China Software Benchmarking Standards Group

URL:http://www.jfpug.gr.jp
E-mail:office@jfpug.gr.jp
Address: ABC BLDG. 2F,5-12-9, Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004 Japan
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