A function point logic file identification technique using UML analysis class diagrams

José Antonio Pow-Sang, Loretta Gasco, Arturo Nakasone

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Abstract

Since the introduction of object-oriented (OO) development techniques into industrial practices for software development, many Function Point (FP) technique adaptations have been proposed to improve estimations on the size of a software application. Most research works only deal with OO modifications to the previous version of the FP Counting Practices Manual (4.1) or they do not include some important UML specifications such as the composition relationship between classes. In this paper, we propose rules to identify Internal Logic Files (ILF) and External Interface Files (EIF) using analysis class diagrams. These rules were defined in accordance with the recommendations included in the FP Counting Practices Manual 4.2.1. We also present the results obtained by applying our rules to software size estimation case studies performed with undergraduate and graduate students. These results have proved our proposal to be at least equally accurate and consistent with the original FP technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Software Engineering - Intl. Conf. on Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications, ASEA 2009, Part of Future Generation Information Technology Conf., FGIT 2009, Proc.
Pages160-167
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventInternational Conference on Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications, ASEA 2009, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2009 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 10 Dec 200912 Dec 2009

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume59 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications, ASEA 2009, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2009
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju Island
Period10/12/0912/12/09

Keywords

  • Conceptual Model
  • Function Points
  • Object Oriented
  • UML
  • software engineering experimentation

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