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- From: ac690@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edward Klimas)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Cost Estimating Using Function Points
- Date: 12 Nov 1992 04:22:27 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, p00058@psilink.com ("Ronald C. Schultz") says:
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- >In trying to gather information about the estimating of costs for OO
- >development, many vendors have stated that "function points" are their
- >most successful cost estimator. I find this interesting in that
- >function points do not, in any way, appear "object-oriented". Can
- >anyone supply me pointers, references, or examples as to how function
- >points are useful in cost estimating OO development, and what kinds of
- >modifications to function points are necessary in order to get them to
- >work in an OO environment?
- >
- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Ron Schultz
- >Berard Software Engineering, Inc.
- >Columbus, Ohio Office Headquarters
- >5634 Claire Court 101 Lakeforest Blvd.
- >Dublin, Ohio 43017-2440 Gaithersburg, Md. 20877
- >(614) 798-0295 Phone (301) 417-9884 Phone
- >(614) 798-0296 FAX (301) 417-0021 FAX
- >ron@bse.com info@bse.com
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- Air Force Study Based on Function Point Analysis
-
- Language Source Lines of Code Per Function Point
- Assembly Code 320
- Macro Assembly Code 213
- C 128
- FORTRAN/COBOL 105
- PASCAL 91
- ADA 71
- Smalltalk 21
- 4GL DB Query Languages 13
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- "A Description of Software Sizing Models", Griffiss A.F.B. Study
- Sept 1987 Based upon the SPQR Estimation Tool
- Prepared by IIT Information Center, 4550 Forbes Blvd Suite 300
- Lanham, MD.
-
- The interesting correlation is that there seems to be a direct
- independent correlation to productivity and other metrics based upon
- instrumented metrics.
-
- Ed Klimas
- Linea Engineering
-