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Reliability of function points measurement: a field experiment

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 36 , Issue 2 (February 1993) table of contents

Pages: 85 - 97

Year of Publication: 1993

ISSN:0001-0782

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Chris F. Kemerer

MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

K. Computing Milieux
K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
K.6.0 General
Subjects: Economics

General Terms:
Economics, Management, Measurement, Performance, Reliability

Keywords:
cost estimation, entity-relationship models, function points, productivity evaluation, project planning

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This research study was conducted to test the accuracy and reliability of the function point software sizing metric. Basically, the study was designed around the hypothesis that estimate replicability is an indicator of estimate reliability. T more...

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