Simplifying effort estimation based on Use Case Points

M Ochodek, J Nawrocki, K Kwarciak - Information and Software Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: The Use Case Points (UCP) method can be used to estimate software
development effort based on a use-case model and two sets of adjustment factors relating to …

Using public domain metrics to estimate software development effort

R Jeffery, M Ruhe, I Wieczorek - … Seventh International Software …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The authors investigate the accuracy of cost estimates when applying most commonly used
modeling techniques to a large-scale industrial data set which is professionally maintained …

A comparative study of two software development cost modeling techniques using multi-organizational and company-specific data

R Jeffery, M Ruhe, I Wieczorek - Information and software technology, 2000 - Elsevier
This research examined the use of the International Software Benchmarking Standards
Group (ISBSG) repository for estimating effort for software projects in an organization not …

Organizational benchmarking using the ISBSG data repository

C Lokan, T Wright, P Hill, M Stringer - IEEE Software, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The International Software Benchmarking Standards Group maintains a repository of data
from numerous organizations' completed software projects. The ISBSG Data Repository has …

Code and commit metrics of developer productivity: a study on team leaders perceptions

E Oliveira, E Fernandes, I Steinmacher, M Cristo… - Empirical Software …, 2020 - Springer
Context Developer productivity is essential to the success of software development
organizations. Team leaders use developer productivity information for managing tasks in a …

Functional size measurement revisited

C Gencel, O Demirors - ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
There are various approaches to software size measurement. Among these, the metrics and
methods based on measuring the functionality attribute have become widely used since the …

The role and value of replication in empirical software engineering results

M Shepperd, N Ajienka, S Counsell - Information and Software Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Context Concerns have been raised from many quarters regarding the reliability of empirical
research findings and this includes software engineering. Replication has been proposed as …

Function points

CJ Lokan - Advances in Computers, 2005 - Elsevier
Functional size measurement—measuring the functionality delivered by a software
application to its users—is vital to software project managers. Its uses include estimation …

Function‐point analysis using design specifications based on the Unified Modelling Language

T Uemura, S Kusumoto, K Inoue - Journal of software …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Function‐point analysis was introduced to help measure the functionality of software
systems. For more than a decade, function points have been widely used to measure the …

Automated software size estimation based on function points using UML models

A Živkovič, I Rozman, M Heričko - Information and Software Technology, 2005 - Elsevier
A systematic approach to software size estimation is important for accurate project planning.
In this paper, we will propose the unified mapping of UML models into function points. The …