Quanter is an advanced software project estimation platform that uses Function Points and/or technical catalogs, providing a standardized and auditable approach for precise estimations. It enables the use of ISO/IEC standard methodologies for software product measurement in a simple way, thanks to its intuitive and modular interface that enhances the user experience.
In this article, we will explore Quanter’s homepage and review its key modules, along with a brief introduction to the automated estimation process that leverages generative AI to process natural language requirements.
Quanter’s Login and Homepage
To start using Quanter, enter your username and password on the login screen. Before accessing, you can change the interface language through a button that facilitates the platform’s internationalization.
Upon logging in, Quanter’s homepage provides an overview of key activities and the current status of estimations. The page is organized into several information boxes:
- Recent Estimates: Displays the latest estimates created or changed that belong to your user group, making it easy to quickly access recent projects.
- Performance Indicators: Includes key data like the total number of estimations made, average effort in hours, and a goal indicator, helping to quickly visualize overall performance.
- Notifications and Comments: Shows recent notifications and received comments, both read and unread, useful for maintaining communication about ongoing estimations.
At the bottom of the page, an informational banner highlights the key features of Quanter, allowing users to quickly familiarize themselves with the available tools.
At the top of the homepage, you will find quick links to the application’s modules, which we will review next.
Quanter’s Main Modules
List of Estimates
The Estimate Listing module contains all the registered projects and budgets, along with their details. From here, you can:
- View or modify details: Each estimate displays key information, such as the project code and name, the checkpoint (phase of the estimate), the assignee, the date last modified, the total estimated hours, the status, and a traffic light that indicates whether the estimate has manual adjustments.
- A green traffic light indicates that there are no manual adjustments, while a red one indicates that changes have been made to the automatically calculated values.
- Manage estimates: With options to delete, clone, or edit, you can adjust each estimate based on changes in project requirements or needs. In addition, the module allows you to configure synchronization with management tools such as Jira, facilitating the automatic updating of estimates on collaborative platforms.
Dashboard
The Dashboard is a visual analysis space that allows you to monitor key indicators. This module offers advanced aggregation filters, and you can choose from different control points to adjust the data to your needs. In addition, it allows you to select the unit of measurement, whether functional or non-functional, and isolate specific data.
Within the Dashboard, we find three main sections:
- Adjustments to the Standard: This section makes it easy to view manual adjustments to selected estimates, allowing for quick auditing of changes that may affect the initial calculation.
- Savings: Allows you to compare two different checkpoints to visualize potential savings over a specific volume of hours, with options to aggregate the results based on the user’s discretion. The visualization is supported by graphs that reflect the impact of manual adjustments in terms of time and cost. With a single click, you can open a pop-up window that shows the details of the selected project and, if necessary, export the data to Excel for greater flexibility in analysis.
- Main Topics: This section shows a breakdown of volumes and process distributions for each estimate based on the filters applied.
The Market
The Market module is a section that allows users to compare the productivity calculated on each estimate with the market standard. This analysis uses Quanter’s extensive database, which covers information from more than 92,000 software projects, as a reference. Here, you can adjust filters for an accurate comparison based on technology or vendor.
Quanter presents several indicators that allow you to measure the performance of each estimate:
- Numerical note: Calculated from the aggregation of estimates according to the classification method applied.
- Deviation Percentage: Compares the productivity of each project to the average market productivity, helping to identify deviations and spot opportunities for optimization.
- Maximum value: Provides a reference of maximum productivity achieved, allowing you to evaluate whether the project is within the optimal performance range.
In addition, you can access additional details for each estimate that is part of an aggregation by clicking on the corresponding button, which facilitates individualized analysis of the data.
Objectives
The Objectives module is an optional feature where you can set Service Level Agreements (SLAs), which include three control values:
- Minimum: Minimum level of compliance.
- Objective: Expected level of performance.
- Excellence: Outstanding level of performance.
The module assigns a rating to the selected estimates based on their degree of compliance with SLAs, which provides a direct reference to assess alignment with the organization’s quality and service objectives.
Help and support
Finally, the Help module offers access to online support resources and guides that allow you to resolve doubts or problems while using the platform, facilitating continuous learning and technical support when necessary.
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Quanter
One of the most innovative aspects of Quanter is its ability to calculate estimates in Function Points from requirements expressed in natural language, thanks to an LLM (Large Language Model) of Generative Artificial Intelligence. This system analyzes the complexity and elements of each requirement to generate automated estimates accurately and in just a few seconds.
Quanter’s smart estimating process is quite simple, as it only requires copying or typing your requirement. The AI model automatically identifies and classifies items, assigning function points and calculating the effort required. This technology helps streamline the work of project managers, reducing the manual workload and improving the accuracy of estimates, without neglecting transparency and auditability.
Try Quanter, the smart application for software project estimation
Quanter is a modular platform designed to manage and estimate software projects efficiently, aligning with market standards and optimizing resources. Thanks to generative artificial intelligence, it speeds up and improves the accuracy of the estimation process.
Its standardized and auditable approach makes it a key tool for companies looking for greater efficiency. Development teams and project managers alike find Quanter to be a complete solution for reliable and strategic estimating. Do you want to try it?
