A COSMIC-FFP APPROACH TO ESTIMATE WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT EFFORT

Gennaro Costagliola, Sergio Di Martino, Filomena Ferrucci, Carmine Gravino, Genoveffa Tortora, Giuliana Vitiello

2005

Abstract

Web applications are constantly increasing both in complexity and number of offered features. In this paper we address the problem of estimating the effort required to develop dynamic web applications, which represents an emerging issue in the field of web engineering. In particular, we formalize a method which is based on the main ideas underlying COSMIC-FFP (Cosmic Full Function Point), which is an adaptation of the Function Point method, especially devised to tackle real-time and embedded applications. The method is focused on counting data movements and turns out to be suitable for capturing the specific aspects of dynamic web applications which are characterized by data movements to and from web servers. The method can be applied to analysis and design documentation in order to provide an early estimation. We also describe the empirical analysis carried out to verify the usefulness of the method for predicting web application development effort.

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Costagliola G., Di Martino S., Ferrucci F., Gravino C., Tortora G. and Vitiello G. (2005). A COSMIC-FFP APPROACH TO ESTIMATE WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT EFFORT . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 972-8865-20-1, pages 80-87. DOI: 10.5220/0001234100800087


in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist05,
author={Gennaro Costagliola and Sergio Di Martino and Filomena Ferrucci and Carmine Gravino and Genoveffa Tortora and Giuliana Vitiello},
title={A COSMIC-FFP APPROACH TO ESTIMATE WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT EFFORT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2005},
pages={80-87},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001234100800087},
isbn={972-8865-20-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - A COSMIC-FFP APPROACH TO ESTIMATE WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT EFFORT
SN - 972-8865-20-1
AU - Costagliola G.
AU - Di Martino S.
AU - Ferrucci F.
AU - Gravino C.
AU - Tortora G.
AU - Vitiello G.
PY - 2005
SP - 80
EP - 87
DO - 10.5220/0001234100800087