The IT Measurement Compendium Estimating and Benchmarking Success with Functional Size Measurement /

The first step towards success in a software project is to ensure a professional setup. This includes a metrics-based formal estimation process to ensure a solid foundation for project planning. Accurate estimates require quantitative measurements, ideally tool based. In addition, software project m...

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Main Authors: Bundschuh, Manfred. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Dekkers, Carol. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68188-5
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Table of Contents:
  • The Estimation Challenges
  • Estimation Fundamentals
  • Prerequisites for Estimation
  • The Implementation of Estimation
  • Estimation Methods
  • Estimating Maintenance Effort
  • Software Measurement and Metrics: Fundamentals
  • Product- and Process- Metrics
  • Object-Oriented Metrics
  • Measurement Communities and Resources
  • Benchmarking of IT Projects
  • The IFPUG Function Point Counting Method
  • Functional Size Measurement Methods (FSMMs)
  • Variants of the IFPUG Function Point Counting Method
  • Using Functional Size Measurement Methods
  • Estimation of Data Warehouses, Web-Based Applications: Software Reuse and Redevelopment
  • IFPUG Function Point Counting Rules
  • Functional Size Measurement Case Studies
  • Functional Size Measurement: Additional Case Studies
  • Tools for Estimation.