Improving Software Functional Size Measurement
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Software functional size measurement is regarded as a key aspect in the production, calibration and use of software engineering productivity models because of its independence of technologies and of implementation decisions. In 1997, Full Function Points (FFP) was proposed as a method for measuring the functional size of real-time and embedded software. Since its introduction, the FFP measurement method has been field-tested in many organizations which have provided feedback on ways to
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