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- From: sharpster@hns.com (Stephen Harpster)
- Subject: Re: "Bang!"
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.122625.23086@hns.com>
- Originator: sharpster@sharpster
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- Organization: Hughes Network Systems
- References: <1992Jul28.085235.8554@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:26:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.085235.8554@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, kambic@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Bonus, Iniquus, Celer - Delegitus Duo) writes:
- |> I suspect that this is in one of the FAQ's, so if it is, just please point.
- |>
- |> Can anyone please provide references to "Bang." I believe that it is related
- |> to module fan-in-fan-out, but am not sure of the actual mathematical
- |> definition.
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- It's from Tom DeMarco's "Controlling Software Projects" (Chapter 9), New York:
- Yourdon Press, 1982.
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- I don't have the book at my fingertips, but the bang metric is a relative
- measure of the number and complexity of system requirements. Since the
- number and complexity of requirements is proportional to the effort needed
- to implement them, bang measures can be used to predict project effort.
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- BTW, some CASE tools, such as Cadre's Teamwork, will calculate bang for you.
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