Extraction of Function-Points from Source-Code

  • Authors:
  • Harry M. Sneed

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IWSM '00 Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on New Approaches in Software Measurement
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

In spite of the efforts of the IFPUG group to standardise the counting of Function-Points, there is still a lot of room left for interpretation. This is especially true when it comes to counting Function-Points in modern client server or web-based applications. There is no standard means of identifying inputs and outputs in such systems. The author proposes here a tool supported method for extracting Function-Point counts from C++ and Java Source-Code. This method has been applied and calibrated to the GEOS Stock Brokerage system under development in Vienna, where the author is currently engaged.