ISO/IEC 19761:2003

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 19761:2008

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 19761:2008

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Australian/New Zealand Standard

Software engineeringCOSMIC-FFP A functional size measurement method

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 19761:2008 This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical Committee IT-015, Software and Systems Engineering. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 19 February 2007 and on behalf of the Council of Standards New Zealand on 7 December 2007. This Standard was published on 23 January 2008.

The following are represented on Committee IT-015: Australian Computer Society Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association Australian Society or Technical Communications Australian Software Metrics Association Engineers Australia/ACTS Joint Board in Software Engineering Griffith University National Association of Testing Authorities Australia National ICT Australia New Zealand Organisation for Quality Software Quality Association, ACT Software Quality Association, NSW Systems Engineering Society of Australia The University of Queenslands University of Auckland, NZ University of South Australia University of Technology, Sydney Vendor Interests, NZ

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 07266.

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Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Software engineeringCOSMIC-FFP A functional size measurement method

First published as AS/NZS ISO/IEC 19761:2008.

COPYRIGHT Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher. Jointly published by Standards Australia, GPO Box 476, Sydney, NSW 2001 and Standards New Zealand, Private Bag 2439, Wellington 6020

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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee IT-015, Software and Systems Engineering. The objective of this Standard is to provide Software Engineers with a Standard which specifies the set of definitions, conventions and activities of the COSMIC-FFP Functional Size Measurement Method. This Standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 19761:2003, Software engineeringCOSMIC-FFPA functional size measurement method. As this Standard is reproduced from an international standard, the following applies: (a)
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Its number appears on the cover and title page while the international standard number appears only on the cover. In the source text this International Standard should read this Australian/New Zealand Standard. A full point substitutes for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.

(b) (c)

References to International Standards should be replaced by references to Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standards, as follows: Reference to International Standard ISO/IEC 14143 Information technologySoftware measurementFunctional size measurement 14143-1 Part 1: Definition of concepts Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 14143 Information technologySoftware measurementFunctional size measurement 14143.1 Part 1: Definition of concepts

The term informative has been used in this Standard to define the application of the annex to which it applies. An informative annex is only for information and guidance.

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Contents

CONTENTS

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Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................ iv Page Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ v 1 2 3 4 5 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4.1 6.4.2 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.9.1 6.9.2 6.9.3 6.9.4 6.10 6.10.1 6.10.2 6.10.3 Scope...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Normative references ........................................................................................................................... 1 Terms and definitions........................................................................................................................... 2 Symbols and abbreviated terms.......................................................................................................... 5 Unit of Measurement............................................................................................................................. 5

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Measurement activities......................................................................................................................... 6 General ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Determination of the purpose and scope of the FSM ....................................................................... 6 Identification of the FUR....................................................................................................................... 6 Identification of software layers .......................................................................................................... 6 Identify software layers ........................................................................................................................ 6 Characteristics of software layers ...................................................................................................... 7 Identification of software boundaries ................................................................................................. 7 Identification of functional processes ................................................................................................ 8 Identification of data groups................................................................................................................ 8 Identification of data movements ........................................................................................................ 8 Classification of data movements....................................................................................................... 8 Entry ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 Exit.......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Read........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Write ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Calculation of the Functional Size .................................................................................................... 10 Assignment of a size unit................................................................................................................... 10 Aggregation of functional size for a functional process ................................................................ 10 Aggregation of functional size for the identified FURs for each piece of software to be measured ............................................................................................................................................. 10 6.10.4 Calculation of Functional Size of changes to the FURs ................................................................. 11 7 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 Local customizations.......................................................................................................................... 11 Measurement Reporting ..................................................................................................................... 11 Labelling............................................................................................................................................... 11 Customization ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Documentation of the measurement results.................................................................................... 12

Annex A (informative) Extraction of Functional User Requirements .......................................................... 13 Annex B (informative) Allocation of Functional User Requirements (FUR) ............................................... 15 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................................... 17

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Introduction
Software is a major component of many corporate budgets. Organisations recognise the importance of controlling software expenses and analysing the performance of the budgets allocated to software development and maintenance in order to benchmark against the best in the field. To do so, measures and models using these measures are needed. Measures are needed for analysing both the quality and the productivity associated with developing and maintaining software. On the one hand, technical measures are needed to quantify the technical performance of products or services from a developers viewpoint. Technical measures can be used for efficiency analysis; to improve the performance of designs, for instance. On the other hand, functional measures are needed to quantify the performance of products or services from a users or owners perspective; for productivity analysis, for instance. Functional measures must be independent of technical development and implementation decisions. They can then be used to compare the productivity of different techniques and technologies. The Full Function Points (FFP) method was proposed in 1997 with the aim of offering a functional size measure specifically adapted to real-time software. Since then, measurement practice in many organisations and field tests demonstrated that this functional size measurement method not only had the ability to capture the functional size of real-time software, but also to capture the functional size of MIS and system software. These field test results, coupled with the feedback received from organisations which used it, motivated the authors to improve the method. Many improvements were also inspired by the work of the Common Software Measurement International Consortium (COSMIC). The results of these efforts were published in May 2001 as version 2.1 of the COSMIC-FFP Functional Size Measurement Method. The COSMIC-FFP Functional Size Measurement Method aims to meet these needs of a) software suppliers facing the task of translating customer requirements into the size of software to be produced as a key activity in their project cost estimating and, b) customers who want to know the functional size of delivered software as an important component of measuring supplier performance.

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

ISO/IEC 19761:2003(E)

AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND STANDARD

Software engineering COSMIC-FFP A functional size measurement method

Scope

This International Standard specifies the set of definitions, conventions and activities of the COSMIC-FFP Functional Size Measurement Method. It is applicable to software from the following functional domains:
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a)

application software which is needed to support business administration;

Banking, insurance, accounting, personnel, purchasing, distribution or manufacturing.

EXAMPLE

b)

real-time software, the task of which is to keep up with or control events happening in the real world;

EXAMPLE Software for telephone exchanges and message switching, software embedded in devices to control machines such as domestic appliances, lifts and car engines, for process control and automatic data acquisition, and within the operating system of computers.

c)

hybrids of the above.

Real-time reservation systems for airlines or hotels.

EXAMPLE

This International Standard has not been designed for measuring the functional size of a piece of software, or its parts, which: d) is characterized by complex mathematical algorithms or other specialized and complex rules, such as may be found in expert systems, simulation software, self-learning software and weather forecasting systems, or processes continuous variables such as audio sounds or video images, such as may be found, for instance, in computer game software, musical instruments and the like.

e)

However, within the local environment of an organisation using the COSMIC-FFP Functional Size Measurement Method, it may be possible to measure these FUR in a way which is meaningful as a local standard. This International Standard contains provision for the local customisation of the method for this purpose.

Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. ISO/IEC 14143-1:1998, Information technology Software measurement Functional size measurement Part 1: Definition of concepts

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