Measure the Functional Size of a Mobile App: Using the COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Method

Author

van Heeringen, Harold ; Van Gorp, Edwin

Author_Institution

Sizing Estimating & Control, Sogeti Nederland B.V., Vianen, Netherlands

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

16

Abstract

This paper describes a way the COSMIC measurement method could be applied to measure the functional size of mobile apps. Mobile apps are a fairly new type of software applications that are installed on mobile devices, usually a smartphone or a tablet. There are some important differences between traditional software applications and mobile apps, and these differences are the reason that a measurer has to make a number of assumptions and choices when doing the measurement. In this paper, these assumptions and choices are explained and the authors propose a way future COSMIC measurements of mobile apps could be carried out. In addition, an ´approximate´ method is proposed that can be used to size mobile apps in a fast and accurate way.

Keywords

mobile computing; smart phones; COSMIC functional size measurement method; COSMIC measurement method; mobile app; mobile device; smartphone; software application; tablet; Authorization; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Object recognition; Size measurement; Software; Software measurement; Approximate Method; COSMIC; Functional size; Measurement; Mobile apps;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-MENSURA), 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Rotterdam

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWSM.Mensura.2014.8

Filename

7000068