Assessing the reproducibility and accuracy of functional size measurement methods through experimentation

Proceedings - 2004 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 189-198

  Abrahão, Silvia ^a   Poels, Geert ^b   Pastor, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Empirical Validation; FSM methods; IFPUG Function Point Analysis; OO Method Function Points

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; LIFE CYCLE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; FUNCTION POINT ANALYSIS (FPA); FUNCTIONAL SIZE MEASUREMENT (FSM) METHODS; INTERNATIONAL FUNCTION POINT USERS GROUP (IFPUG); OBJECT ORIENTED METHOD FUNCTION POINTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 11244324051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/isese.2004.1334906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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