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Function Point Analysis using Goal and Scenario based Requirements  

Choi Soon-Hwang (서강대학교 컴퓨터학과)
Kim Jin-Tae (삼성전자 정보통신총괄 통신연구소)
Park Soo-Yong (서강대학교 컴퓨터학과)
Han Ji-Young (서강대학교 컴퓨터학과)
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Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications / v.33, no.8, 2006 , pp. 655-667 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes a method for counting function point using goal and scenario based requirements. Function Point is a software sizing method and widely used as a basis to estimate software development cost. Requirements elicitation and analysis should be performed before function point analysis but function point analysis method doesn't deal with requirements elicitation and analysis. For that reason, Function point extraction method from existing requirements method is needed and if the requirements method has advantage for traceability and elicitation, it is suitable for managing cost. Goal and scenario method is widely used as requirements elicitation and analysis. It has also good traceability. Therefore, this paper discusses a method for extracting function point from requirements text gathered using the goal and scenario based requirements elicitation technique. The proposed method aims to establish and maintain traceability between function point and requirements text. Text based function point extraction guidance rules have been developed. The proposed methodology has been applied to Order Processing System development.
Keywords
Function Point; Requirements; Goal; Scenario; Cost;
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