Function points, use case points, story points: Observations from a case study

CrossTalk

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 23-27

  Schofield, Joe ^a   Armentrout, Alan W ^b   Trujillo, Regina M ^b  

^a International Function Point Users Group   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION POINT; MEASURED VALUES; PRODUCT SIZES; SCHEDULE AND BUDGET; TEAM SIZE; USE CASE POINTS;

CROSSTALK; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84880865623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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