Function Points in the Estimation and Evaluation of the Software Process

  • Authors:

  • Graham C. Low;D. R. Jeffery

  • Affiliations:

  • Univ. of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia;Univ. of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

The authors report the results of an empirical research project on the consistency and limitations of the number of function points as an a priori measure of system size rather than the traditional lines-of-code measure. They conclude that function points are a more consistent a priori measure of system size. The results also indicate that the function-point estimate of size is lower for analysts experienced both in software development and in function-point estimation.