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This paper reports an empirical study that used computer science major students as experimental subjects to evaluate the productivity and the reproducibility of RmFFP. This is a functional size measurement procedure designed according to the COSMIC-FFP method for object-oriented systems that are specified using the OO-Method approach. The results show that the productivity of RmFFP is acceptable when compared to other procedures found in the literature. Furthermore, RmFFP produces reproducible functional size assessments.
Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology under the DESTINO project, ref. TIN2004-03534.
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Condori-Fernández, N., Pastor, Ó. (2006). Evaluating the Productivity and Reproducibility of a Measurement Procedure. In: Roddick, J.F., et al. Advances in Conceptual Modeling - Theory and Practice. ER 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4231. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11908883_42
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