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BIBLIOGRAPHY / REFERENCE LIBRARY
The following documents may be referenced as
sources of additional information on the subject of FPA and software
measurement. The list is not definitive but emphasizes those publications
which are of a general explanatory nature or which provide evidence
of the reliability of FPA. Examples of current function point counting
standards have also been included.
Books
International Function Point Users Group: “Function
Point Counting Practices Manual,” Release 4.1.1, 2001.
International Function Point Users Group: “Guidelines
to Software Measurement,” Release 1.1, 2001.
International Function Point Users Group: “Case
Study 1 (ANALYSIS - ERD, Process Hierarchical Model; CONSTRUCTION
- DB2 Data Base, Graphical User Interface (GUI) Windows),”
Release 2.0, September 2000
International Function Point Users Group: “Case
Study 2 (ANALYSIS - ERD, DFD; CONSTRUCTION - IMS Data Base, Text
base screen implementation),” Release 2.0, April 2001
International Function Point Users Group: “Case
Study 3 (ANALYSIS-Object Oriented Analysis CONSTRUCTION-Object Oriented
Design)” Release 2.0, September 2001
International Function Point Users Group: “Case
Study 4 (Traffic Control System with Real Time Components )”
Release 1.0, September 1998
International Function Point Users Group: “Counting
Guidelines for Logical Files” Release 1.0, September 2001
International Function Point Users Group: “IT
Measurement: Practical Advise from the Experts,” Addison-Wesley
Pub Co., April, 2002
International Software Benchmarking Standards Group
(ISBSG): “The Benchmark”
Release 6
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Austin, Robert D., Lister, Timothy R., Demarco, Tom:
“Measuring & Managing Performance in Organizations,”
Dorset House, June, 1996
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Demarco, Tom and Boehm, Barry W.: “Controlling
Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimates,”
Prentice Hall PTR/Sun Microsystems Press, March, 1998
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Fenton, Norman E. and Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence: “Software
Metrics: A Rigorous and Practical Approach, Revised,” Brooks/Cole
Pub Co., February, 1998
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Florac, William A. and Carleton, Anita D.: “Measuring
the Software Process,” Addison-Wesley Pub Co., July, 1999
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Garmus, David and Herron, David: “Measuring The
Software Process: A Practical Guide To Functional Measurements,”
Prentice-Hall, 1995.
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Garmus, David and Herron, David: “Function Point
Analysis: Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects,”
Addison-Wesley, December, 2000.
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Grady, Robert B.: “Practical Software Metrics
for Project Management and Process Improvement,” Prentice Hall,
May, 1992.
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Grady, Robert B. and Caswell, Deborah L. : “Software
Metrics: Establishing a Company-wide Program,” Prentice Hall
PTR/Sun Microsystems Press, April, 1998.
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Jones, Capers and Jones, T. Capers : “Applied
Software Measurement : Assuring Productivity and Quality,”
McGraw Hill, 1991.
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Jones, Capers and Jones, T. Capers : “Assessment
and Control of Software Risks,” Prentice Hall, February, 1994.
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Jones, Capers and Jones, T. Capers : “Estimating
Software Costs,” McGraw Hill, July, 1998.
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Jones, Capers: “Software Assessments, Benchmarks,
and Best Practices,” Addison-Wesley Pub Co, April, 2000.
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Maxwell, Katrina D.: “Applied Statistics for
Software Managers,” Prentice Hall PTR, June, 2002.
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McGarry, John, Card, David, Jones, Cheryl, Layman,
Beth, Clark, Elizabeth, Dean, Joseph, Hall, Fred: “Practical
Software Measurement: Objective Information for Decision Makers,”
Addison-Wesley Pub Co, October, 2001.
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Natale, Domenico: “Qualita E Quantita Nei Sistemi
Software; Teoria Ed Esperienze” (Italian), FrancoAngeli/Informatica,
1995/1996.
Kan, Stephen H.: “Metrics and Models in Software
Quality Engineering,” Addison-Wesley Pub Co, February, 1995.
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Articles
Bradley, M. and Dekkers, C. “'You Can't Measure Us'
- The Truth Behind Developers' Measurement Myths,” Managing
System Development, Applied Computer Research, February 1996, pp.
1-5
Dekkers, C., “Managing (the Size of) Your Projects
– a Project Management Look at Function Points,” CrossTalk,
February 1999
Dekkers, C., “Function Points and Use Cases –
Where's the Fit?” IT Metrics Strategies, January 1999
Dekkers, C., “Demystifying Function Points: Let's
Understand Some Terminology,” IT Metrics Strategies, October
1998
Dekkers, C., “ISO Standards and Function Points:
Part 1: An Introduction to the ISO Standards Development Process,”
IT Metrics Strategies Volume II, No.7, July 1996, pp. 5-7
Garmus, David and Herron, David: “Accurate Estimation,”
Software Development Magazine, July 1996
Garmus, David and Herron, David: “Estimating
Software Earlier and More Accurately,” Methods & Tools,
July 1997
Garmus, David: “Function Point Counting,”
Software Development Magazine, September 1993
Garmus, David: “Function Point Counting in a
Real-Time Environment,” CrossTalk, January 1996
Garmus, David: “Software Project Estimation Principles,”
Data Manager, February 1998
Goldfarb, Scott: “Establishing Outsourcing Baselines,”
Interface, Newsletter of the Minnesota Software Association, March
1998, pages 4, 8.
Heller, Roger: “An Introduction to Function Point
Analysis,” CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,
Volume 8, No. 11, November/December 1995, pages 24-26.
Herron, David: “Achieving Continuous Process
Improvement,” Knowledge Base, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 1993
Herron, David: “A Measure of Success,” Siliconindia,
July 1998
Herron, David: “Function Points,” Data Manager,
September 1997
Hill, Peter edited and compiled by: “Software
Project Estimation: A Workbook for Macro-Estimation of Software
Development Effort and Duration,” ISBSG, 1999
Jones, C.: “A Short History of Function Points
and Feature Points,” Software Productivity Research Incorporated,
mimeo version, 2.0, Feb. 20, 1988. Includes Backfire.
Kemerer, C.F.: “Reliability of Function Points
Measurement: A Field Experiment,” Communications of Kemerer,
C.F. and Porter, B.S.: “Improving the Reliability of Function
Point Measurement: An Empirical Study,” IEEE Transactions on
Software Engineering, Vol. SE-18, No. 11, Nov. 1992, pp. 1011-1024.
Statistical Studies of Function Points – of interest to theorititians.
Low, G.C. and Jeffery, D.R.: “Function Points
in the Estimation and Evaluation of the Software Process,”
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. SE-16, No. 1, Jan.
1990, pp. 64-71. – of interest to theorititians.
Lundquist, G., and Dekkers, C. “The Proof Is
in the Ratios: Turning Raw Data into Meaningful Software Metrics,”
The Journal of the Quality Assurance Institute, July 1996, pp. 1-5
Netherlands Function Point Users Group: “Definitions
and Counting Guidelines For The application of Function Point Analysis,”
ISBN 90-76258-02-3, 152 pages; Amsterdam, 1997.
Symons, C.R.: “Software Sizing and Estimating:
MKII FPA Function Point Analysis,” 1991, John Wiley and Sons
Ltd. 5/9/95. Alternative methods of counting function points.
Treble, Stephen: “Practical Experience and Alternative
Methods of Counting Function Points”
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