É possível substituir processos de Engenharia de Requisitos por Contagem de Pontos de Função?

The principal problem that affects software development projects is low quality requirements specifications. Low quality requirements specifications make it difficult to develop high quality software. We propose using the Estimated Function Point Counting (EFPC) method of software size estimation as a surrogate process for Requirements Engineering (RE) process, especially for the organizations which don’t apply a RE Process. During function point counting, the counting professional can discover missing requirements, incomplete requirements, and inconsistencies in the specification of the requirements. Thus, these organizations can apply EFPC as a surrogate RE process. This article presents an application of the method as a part of the requirements construction process, specifically for requirements verification.