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SEER-SEM Frequently Asked Questions
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Q8. Can I export a Report? ................................................................................................................. 21
Q9. Can I export a Chart? ................................................................................................................... 22
Q10. Why is there a difference between the Productivity Lines/Person Month in the Quick
Estimate report and a simple calculation dividing Total Lines/Development Effort Months? ... 22
Q11. Why can’t I see the notes in my Flexible Export report? ...................................................... 22
Q12. Why can’t I see the Least/Likely/Most values in my Flexible Export report? ..................... 22
Q13. Why don’t I see all parameters listed in the Inputs report? ................................................. 23
Q14. How can I tell the effect a parameter has on my estimate? ................................................ 23
General ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
Q1. What’s the Database and how does it differ from just saving my files to a directory? ...... 24
Q2. Why are there multiple files in my project directory?.............................................................. 24
Q3. Where can I find the User’s manual and other documents that relate to SEER-SEM?....... 24
Q4. How do I get all the windows back after maximizing or resizing a chart/report window? 24
Q5. What are Labor Category Allocations? ....................................................................................... 24
Q6. Does SEER SEM consider Inflation in my estimates? .............................................................. 25
Q7. Can I change the default Labor Rates used to compute labor costs? .................................. 25
Q8. What is Pre-existing functionality in SEER-SEM?...................................................................... 25
Q9. How can I export data to use in other applications? ............................................................... 25
Q10. What is Effective Size? ............................................................................................................... 26
Q11. How can I tell SEER to exclude all effort related to Requirements from my estimate? ... 26
Q12. How should I count my SLOC? ................................................................................................. 26
Q13. Is there a way to collect data for an estimate without having a SEER License? .............. 27
Q14. How do you create a Maintenance-Only estimate in SEER SEM? ........................................ 27
Q15. How do you create a Testing-Only estimate in SEER SEM? ................................................. 28
Q16. How can I tell SEER to exclude System Integration activities from my estimate? ........... 28
Q17. How can I estimate a program with incremental builds/releases?...................................... 29
Q18. Why can’t I open a file that was created in a different version of SEER-SEM? ................. 30
Q19. How should I model a language conversion project?............................................................ 30
Q20. How should I model Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software?...................................... 31
Q21. How does SEER-SEM convert Function Points to SLOC? ...................................................... 33
Q22. Can I use SEER-SEM to estimate firmware development? ................................................... 33