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Functional Size Measurement Quality Challenges for Inexperienced Measurers

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Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM 2009)

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This paper discusses the challenges of inexperienced measurers in measuring the functional size measurement method of software requirements. More specifically, this paper describes an experiment with the same requirements document measured independently by several inexperienced measurers using the COSMIC method – ISO 19761. Detailed measurement data is analyzed to identify challenges faced by measurers through observed differences, including an analysis of the defects found in the requirements documents and a discussion of the impact of these defects on the measurement results.

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  1. Pyxis Technologies, Laval, Canada

    Sylvie Trudel

  2. École de Technologie Supérieure – Université du Québec/Dept. of Software, Engineering and Information Technologies, Montreal, Canada

    Alain Abran

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  1. École de technologie supérieure, Département de génie logiciel et des TI, Université du Québec, 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, H3C 1K3, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Alain Abran

  2. Quality Management and Methods, Processes DCC/QMP, Bosch Rexroth Electric Drives and Controls GmbH, Bürgermeister-Dr.-Nebel Str. 2, 97816, Lohr am Main, Germany

    René Braungarten

  3. Fakultät für Informatik, Institut für Verteilte Systeme, AG Softwaretechnik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Reiner R. Dumke

  4. Edificio Politécnico, Universidad de Alcalá, O24. Autovía A2, Km. 31,7, 28805, Alcalá de Henares,Madrid, Spainn

    Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego

  5. School of Media and Communication, University of Applied Science HvA, Weesperzijde 190, 1097, Amsterdam, DZ, The Netherlands

    Jacob Brunekreef

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Trudel, S., Abran, A. (2009). Functional Size Measurement Quality Challenges for Inexperienced Measurers. In: Abran, A., Braungarten, R., Dumke, R.R., Cuadrado-Gallego, J.J., Brunekreef, J. (eds) Software Process and Product Measurement. IWSM 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5891. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05415-0_12

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