An experimental study on the conversion between IFPUG and COSMIC functional size measurement units

Cuadrado-Gallego J. J., Buglione L., Dominguez-Alda M. J., Fernandez de Sevilla M., Antonio Gutierrez de Mesa J., Demirors O.

INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, vol.52, no.3, pp.347-357, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.infsof.2009.12.001
  • Journal Name: INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.347-357
  • Keywords: Software engineering, Functional size measurement (FSM), IFPUG, COSMIC, International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG), Repository
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The adoption of functional size measurement (FSM) methods in software organizations is growing. In particular, special attention is being paid to the COSMIC method, because of its novelties against 1st generation FSM methods such as IFPUG FPA. One of the main problems facing organizations wanting to use COSMIC is how to properly convert the software functional size of the projects in their portfolio measured by the previously adopted FSM method to the size measured by the new method.