How can I change the unit for Total system size in the Balanced Risk and other solution wizards? Currently it is set to IU, but we use Function Points.

Three MS Excel sizing spreadsheets are installed with SLIM-Suite that can be used standalone or linked to SLIM-Estimate workbooks via the Sizing Calculator.  This is the most flexible method, allowing unlimited sizing units, gearing factors, and uncertainty ranges for both.  Spreadsheets can be distributed to subject matter experts who are not SLIM users, so they can contribute to sizing efforts.

Three sizing methodologies are available:

SLIM-Estimate's macro estimation approach uses product size and productivity to estimate project time and effort tradeoffs.  Selecting the best sizing technique and units of measure can be challenging.  The following resources help you understand basic concepts and how to use the in SLIM-Estimate .

The Code Counters page contains links to code counters for Java, VB, HTML, C++, Oracle PL/SQL, and many other programming languages.

The QSM Function Point Table provides SLOC/FP language gearing factors for a variety of programming languages.