In this study, we identified one of the reasons of the low correlation between functional size and development effort which is overlooking the similarity of the
functions during the mapping of the functional size and development effort. We developed a methodology (SiRFuS) that is based on the idea of the reuse of the
similar functions internally to provide high correlation between functional size and development effort.
The method is developed for the identification of the similar functions based on the method of Santillo and Abran. Similarity percentages among the functional processes
and Similarity Reflective Functional Sizes are computed to attain adjusted functional sizes. The similarity reflective functional sizes were named as Discrete Similarity
Reflective Functional Size and Continuous Similarity Reflective Functional Size
based on the characteristics of the adjusted functional sizes. The SiRFuS method
consists of three stages: measurement of the software product with COSMIC
Functional Size Measurement (FSM) method / identification of the functional similarities bases on the measurement results and calculation of the similarity reflective functional sizes.
In order to facilitate the detection of similar functions, calculation of the percentage of the similarities and similarity reflective functional sizes / a software tool is developed based on the SiRFuS method. Two case studies were performed in order to identify the improvement opportunities
and evaluate the applicability of the method and the tool.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610006/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2008 |
| Creators | Ozcan Top, Ozden |
| Contributors | Ozcan Top, Ozden |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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