Reliability of Function Points Measurement: A Field Experiment

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 85-97

  Kemerer, Chris F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost estimation; entity relationship models; function points; productivity evaluation; project planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976703852     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/151220.151230     Document Type: Article

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