NDLI: A Method for Measuring the Size of a Component-Based System Specification

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Wijayasiriwardhane, T. Lai, R.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC (Wijayasiriwardhane, T.; Lai, R.)
Abstract	The system-level size measures are particularly important in software project management as tasks such as planning and estimating the cost and schedule of software development can be performed more effectively when a size estimate of the entire system is available. However, due to the black-box nature of components, traditional software measures are not adequate as system-level measures for component-based systems (CBS). Thus, if a system-level size is required, alternate measures should be used for sizing CBS. In this paper, we present a function point like approach, named component point to measure the system-level size of a CBS using the CBS specification written in UML. The component point approach integrates two software measures and extends an existing size measure from the more matured object-oriented paradigm to the related and relatively young CBS discipline. We also suggest a customized set of general system characteristics so as to make our measure more relevant to CBS.
Starting Page	329
Ending Page	337
File Size	313462
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769533124
ISSN	15506002
DOI	10.1109/QSIC.2008.17
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-08-12
Publisher Place	UK
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Complexity theory Software measurement Software Size measurement Estimation Unified modeling language Programming Function Point extension Software Size Estimation Software Effort Estimation Software Measurement Component Point Component-Based Systems Component-Based Software Development
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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