Function Points Analysis: An Empirical Study of Its Measurement Processes

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 895-910

  Abran, Alain ^a,b,c   Robillard, Pierre N ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estimation models; Function point analysis; Functional metrics; Measurement process; Productivity models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001658335     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.553638     Document Type: Article

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