Assessing the reproducibility and accuracy of functional size measurement methods through experimentation
- Author
- S Abrahao, Geert Poels (UGent) and O Pastor
- Organization
- Abstract
- A number of Functional Size Measurement (FSM) methods have been proposed in the literature, but so far there has been little systematic evaluation of these methods. This paper describes a controlled experiment which compares Function Point Analysis, a standard FSM method supported by the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG FPA) and OO-Method Function Points (OOmFP), a recently proposed FSM method for sizing object-oriented software systems that are developed using the OO-Method approach. The goal is to investigate whether OOmFP results in better size assessments within the context of an OO-Method development process. The methods are compared using two criteria defined in the ISO 14143-3: reproducibility and accuracy ne results show that, within its context, OOmFP is more consistent and accurate than IFPUG FPA.
- Keywords
- empirical validation, OO-method function points, IFPUG function point analysis, FSM methods, MODELS, SYSTEMS, RELIABILITY, FUNCTION POINTS
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-411529
- MLA
- Abrahao, S., et al. “Assessing the Reproducibility and Accuracy of Functional Size Measurement Methods through Experimentation.” 2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS, IEEE, 2004, pp. 189–98.
- APA
- Abrahao, S., Poels, G., & Pastor, O. (2004). Assessing the reproducibility and accuracy of functional size measurement methods through experimentation. 2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS, 189–198. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE.
- Chicago author-date
- Abrahao, S, Geert Poels, and O Pastor. 2004. “Assessing the Reproducibility and Accuracy of Functional Size Measurement Methods through Experimentation.” In 2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS, 189–98. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Abrahao, S, Geert Poels, and O Pastor. 2004. “Assessing the Reproducibility and Accuracy of Functional Size Measurement Methods through Experimentation.” In 2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS, 189–198. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE.
- Vancouver
- 1.Abrahao S, Poels G, Pastor O. Assessing the reproducibility and accuracy of functional size measurement methods through experimentation. In: 2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE; 2004. p. 189–98.
- IEEE
- [1]S. Abrahao, G. Poels, and O. Pastor, “Assessing the reproducibility and accuracy of functional size measurement methods through experimentation,” in 2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS, Redondo Beach, CA, USA, 2004, pp. 189–198.
@inproceedings{411529,
abstract = {{A number of Functional Size Measurement (FSM) methods have been proposed in the literature, but so far there has been little systematic evaluation of these methods. This paper describes a controlled experiment which compares Function Point Analysis, a standard FSM method supported by the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG FPA) and OO-Method Function Points (OOmFP), a recently proposed FSM method for sizing object-oriented software systems that are developed using the OO-Method approach. The goal is to investigate whether OOmFP results in better size assessments within the context of an OO-Method development process. The methods are compared using two criteria defined in the ISO 14143-3: reproducibility and accuracy ne results show that, within its context, OOmFP is more consistent and accurate than IFPUG FPA.}},
author = {{Abrahao, S and Poels, Geert and Pastor, O}},
booktitle = {{2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS}},
isbn = {{0769521657}},
keywords = {{empirical validation,OO-method function points,IFPUG function point analysis,FSM methods,MODELS,SYSTEMS,RELIABILITY,FUNCTION POINTS}},
language = {{eng}},
location = {{Redondo Beach, CA, USA}},
pages = {{189--198}},
publisher = {{IEEE}},
title = {{Assessing the reproducibility and accuracy of functional size measurement methods through experimentation}},
year = {{2004}},
}