DocumentCode
1896064
Title
A Metric of Software Size as a Tool for IT Governance
Author
Borela De Castro, Marcus Vinicius ; Mamede Hernandes, Carlos Alberto
Author_Institution
Tribunal de Contas da Uniao (TCU), Brasilia, Brazil
fYear
2013
fDate
1-4 Oct. 2013
Firstpage
99
Lastpage
108
Abstract
This paper proposes a new metric for software functional size, which is derived from Function Point Analysis (FPA), but overcomes some of its known deficiencies. The statistical results show that the new metric, Functional Elements (EF), and its sub metric, Functional Elements of Transaction (EFt), have higher correlation with the effort in software development than FPA in the context of the analyzed data. The paper illustrates the application of the new metric as a tool to improve IT governance specifically in assessment, monitoring, and giving directions to the software development area.
Keywords
software cost estimation; software metrics; EFt; FPA; IT governance; function point analysis; functional elements of transaction; software development area; software functional size metric; Complexity theory; Maintenance engineering; Size measurement; Software; Software metrics; Function Points; IT governance; IT performance; Software engineering; Software metrics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Engineering (SBES), 2013 27th Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location
Brasilia
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-5165-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SBES.2013.13
Filename
6800186
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