Functional Size of a Real-Time System

Authors:
Jean-Marc Desharnais;Alain Abran;Pınar Efe Dikici;Mert Can İliş;İrfan Nuri Karaca
Affiliations:
Bogaziçi University, and École de technologie supérieure,;École de technologie supérieure,;Middle East Technical University,;Middle East Technical University,;Middle East Technical University,
Venue:
IWSM '09 /Mensura '09 Proceedings of the International Conferences on Software Process and Product Measurement
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper presents a case study on the implementation of IFPUG FPA and COSMIC software measurement methods for a small real-time system. The two methods were applied separately to measure the functional size of the same software. The main objective of this paper is to explore, through a case study, the issue of the measurement adequacy of each measurement method to capture the functional size of real-time software. For the practitioners, the real issue is that such a `number' represent adequately the functional size. This number should take into consideration the particularities of specific real-time software and be sensitive to small variations of functionality.