Empirical Analysis of Function Point Analysis – Research View

Abstract

Software measurement [1], once an obscure and esoteric specialty, has become essential to good software engineering [2, 3, 4]. Many of the best software developers measure characteristics of the software to get some sense of whether the requirements are consistent and complete, whether the design is of high quality, and whether the code is ready to be tested. Effective project manager’s measure attributes of process and product to be able to tell when the software will be ready for delivery and whether the budget will be exceeded. Informed customers measure aspects of the final product to determine if it meets the requirements and is of sufficient quality. And maintainers must be able to assess the current product to see what should be upgraded and improved. Here, we present empirical research in two areas, Function Oriented Analysis to find function points and weightages of plan driven vs agile development based on type of project, validations will be carried out using train test procedure for FPA and Ideal Point Analysis for weightages