Designed to conform to the ISO/IEC standard 14143, the Common Software Measurement International Consortium (COSMIC) Function Point method has become the major estimation technique based on international standards for building software-intensive systems. COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices supplies a cutting-edge look at current and emerging practices in the international software measurement community. The editors have assembled an international panel of experts who detail the steps for measuring the functional size of software and developing project estimates with improved accuracy. They explain how to evaluate and compare systems to improve software reuse and development. Touching on the essential aspects of the next generation of functional size measurement methods, the book delineates best estimation and measurement practices as well as the development of benchmarks for quality improvement, including Six Sigma. This complete resource covers software measurement and estimation methods and practices for embedded systems, business applications, communications software, and control systems. Each chapter supplies the practical understanding required to create, implement, standardize, distribute, and adapt functional size measurement and project estimation to virtually any software context. Praise for: ... an excellent overview ... provides a strong knowledge background for both practitioners and researchers. ... With its broad background, it is useful for practically implementing and successfully adapting other functional sizing methods ... . The COSMIC function point techniques presented in this book will help you to implement, master, and improve your estimation process.-Christof Ebert, Managing Director, Vector Consulting Services

In this comprehensive introduction to software measurement, Ebert and Dumke detail knowledge and experiences about the subject in an easily understood, hands-on presentation. The book describes software measurement in theory and practice as well as provides guidance to all relevant measurement tools and online references. In addition, it presents hands-on experience from industry leaders and provides many examples and case studies from Global 100 companies. Besides the many practical hints and checklists, readers will also appreciate the large reference list, which includes links to metrics communities where project experiences are shared.

In this comprehensive introduction to software measurement, Ebert and Dumke detail knowledge and experiences about the subject in an easily understood, hands-on presentation. The book describes software measurement in theory and practice as well as provides guidance to all relevant measurement tools and online references. In addition, it presents hands-on experience from industry leaders and provides many examples and case studies from Global 100 companies. Besides the many practical hints and checklists, readers will also appreciate the large reference list, which includes links to metrics communities where project experiences are shared.

Initially, computer systems performance analyses were carried out primarily because of limited resources. Due to ever increasing functional complexity of computational systems and user requirements, performance engineering continues to play a major role in software development.This book assesses the state of the art in performance engineering. Besides revised chapters drawn from two workshops on performance engineering held in 2000, additional chapters were solicited in order to provide complete coverage of all relevant aspects. The first part is devoted to the relation between software engineering and performance engineering; the second part focuses on the use of models, measures, and tools; finally, case studies with regard to concrete technologies are presented. Researchers, professional software engineers, and advanced students interested in performance analysis will find this book an indispensable source of information and reference.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2000, held in Berlin, Germany in October 2000.The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on object-oriented software measurement, software process improvement, function-point-based software measurement, software measurement of special aspects, improving the software measurement process.

Software developers are faced with the challenge of making software systems and products of ever greater quality and safety, while at the same time being faced with the growing pressure of costs reduction in order to gain and maintain competitive advantages. As in any scientific and engineering discipline, reliable measurement is essential for talking on such a challenge. "Software measurement is an excellent abstraction mechanism for learning what works and what doesn't" (Victor Basili). Measurement of both software process and products provides a large amount of basic information for the evaluation of the software development processes or the software products themselves. Examples of recent successes in software measurement span multiple areas, such as evaluation of new development methods and paradigms, quality and management improvement programs, tool-supporting initiatives and company wide measurement programs. The German Computer Science Interest (GI) Group of Software Metrics and the Canadian Interest Group in Software Metrics (CIM) have attended to these concerns in the recent years. Research initiatives were directed initially to the definition of software metrics and then to validation of the software metrics themselves. This was followed by more and more investigation into practical applications of software metrics and by critical analysis of the benefits and weaknesses of software measurement programs. Key findings in this area of software engineering have been published in some important books, such as Dumke and Zuse's Theory and Practice of Software Measurement, Ebert and Dumke's Software Metrics in Practice and Lehner, Dumke and Abran's Software Metrics."

Designed to conform to the ISO/IEC standard 14143, the Common Software Measurement International Consortium (COSMIC) Function Point method has become the major estimation technique based on international standards for building software-intensive systems. COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices supplies a cutting-edge look at current and emerging practices in the international software measurement community. The editors have assembled an international panel of experts who detail the steps for measuring the functional size of software and developing project estimates with improved accuracy. They explain how to evaluate and compare systems to improve software reuse and development. Touching on the essential aspects of the next generation of functional size measurement methods, the book delineates best estimation and measurement practices as well as the development of benchmarks for quality improvement, including Six Sigma. This complete resource covers software measurement and estimation methods and practices for embedded systems, business applications, communications software, and control systems. Each chapter supplies the practical understanding required to create, implement, standardize, distribute, and adapt functional size measurement and project estimation to virtually any software context. Praise for: ... an excellent overview ... provides a strong knowledge background for both practitioners and researchers. ... With its broad background, it is useful for practically implementing and successfully adapting other functional sizing methods ... . The COSMIC function point techniques presented in this book will help you to implement, master, and improve your estimation process.-Christof Ebert, Managing Director, Vector Consulting Services

Der Prozess der Software-Entwicklung muss, entsprechend den Anforderungen der DIN ISO 9000, vielfaltigen Produktivitats- und Qualitatskriterien genugen, was ohne Einsatz geeigneter Tools zur Messung, Bewertung und Verbesserung kaum gelingen kann. Das Buch zeigt umfassend den State-of-the-Art des Software-Measurement hinsichtlich der Grundlagen und Anwendung geeigneter Tools.Insbesondere geht es um Tools zur Prozessbewertung, zur Produktbewertung, Tools fur den Softwareentwurf, die Programmbewertung, den Softwaretest, die Wartung und Ressourcenbewertung bis hin zu Tools der Messdatenverwaltung, Auswertung und Softwaremessmethodik.

Metriken als Fruhindikatoren fur Kosten-, Termin- und Qualitatstreue haben sich zu wichtigen Instrumenten des Software-Projektmanagements entwickelt. Dieses Buch vermittelt Theorie und Praxis der Software-Metriken anhand von praktisch durchgefuhrten Projekten. Die behandelten Themen reichen von messtheoretischen Grundlagen uber Metrik-Werkzeuge bis hin zu Benchmarking und Projektmanagement. Die Anwendung fur konkrete Fragestellungen der Software-Entwicklung, wie Aufwandschatzung, Kritikalitatsprognose oder Zuverlassigkeitsmodellierung wird ausfuhrlich behandelt. In Beitragen aus verschiedenen Bereichen der Software-Messung stellen Autoren aus Telekommunikation, Informations- und Automatisierungstechnik ihre Erfahrungen mit unterschiedlichen Vorgehensweisen, Entwicklungsumgebungen und Entwurfsparadigmen dar.

"Software-Metrie" ist eine junge Disziplin der Informatik, die sich mit der Messung, Bewertung und Qualtiatssicherung bei der Entwicklung und Produktion von Software befasst. Das Buch macht mit den anwendungsrelevanten Grundlagen vertraut und stellt die Verfahren, Metriken und Tools vor. Gegenstand des vorliegenden Werkes ist es, die Produktion von Software mit geeigneten Software-Massen zu unterstutzen. Dabei ist die Darstellung so gehalten, dass Studenten, Praktiker und Entscheidungstrager gleichermassen einen gezielten Ein- und UEberblick erhalten koennen. Ein Informatikbuch, das nicht zuletzt auch fur den Wirtschaftsinformatiker von Interesse ist.

Zum Lernen, Nachschlagen und die erfolgreiche Praxis des Software Engineering. Das Buch ist so aufbereitet, dass es die wesentlichen Teilgebiete des internationalen "Software Engineering Body of Knowledge" (SWEBOK) abdeckt: die Grundlage fur eine Ausbildung im Software Engineering nach internationalem Standard. Hier erfahren Sie alles uber die Grundprinzipien, Methoden und Technologien jeweils im Kontext ihrer erfolgreichen Umsetzung und Anwendung. Die Darstellung folgt der UML-Methode mit den jeweiligen Tool-Anwendungen. Die neue Auflage wurde ganzlich uberarbeitet und aktualisiert.

Der vorliegende Tagungsband prasentiert Beitrage zur Anwendung der Software-Messung und -Bewertung in der Praxis sowie zur Untersuchung neuer Software-Systemarten hinsichtlich ihrer qualitativen und quantitativen Eigenschaft."

Das Buch enthalt aktuelle Beitrage aus der Forschung und industriellen Anwendung auf dem Gebiet der Software-Metriken."

Das vorliegende Buch enthalt sowohl Erfahrungsberichte bei der zielge richteten und tool-gestutzten Anwendung von Softwaremetriken als auch weiterfuhrende theoretische Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiet der Metriken fur die objektorientierte Softwareentwicklung und Metriken-Validation. Es ist eine Zusammenfassung der auf einem Workshop der GI-Arbeitsgruppe Softwaremetriken am 26. und 27. September 1994 an der Universitat Mag deburg gehaltenen Vortrage. In der praktischen Anwendung steht dabei vor allem die effektive Nutzung von Messtools fur einen messbaren Fortschritt in der Produktivitat und Qualitat der Softwareentwicklung und -produkte im Vordergrund. Daruberhinaus werden weitere Metriken fur moderne Entwicklungspara digmen und globalere Qualitatsanforderungen vorgestellt. Die theore tischen Arbeiten befassen sich vor allem mit der Validationsproblematik bei einer I 'richtigen" (im Sinne der verwendeten statistischen Auswer tungsmethoden) Anwendung von Softwaremetriken bei der empirischen Bewertung. Das Buch ist vier Kapitel unterteilt. Das erste Kapitel ist mit " Pro duktivitat und Effektivitat" uberschrieben und beinhaltet Beitrage, die sich dieser Problematik unter Anwendung von Softwaremetriken stellen. Baisch und Ebert berichten uber die Bewertung der Produktivitat auf der Grundlage einer Auswahl von Metriken, der Messwertbestimmung und der kennzahlenbasierten Bewertung. Dabei wird der Schwerpunkt der Analyse auf die Herleitung moglichst allgemeingultiger Produktivitatsmetriken gelegt. Der Beitrag von Grossjohann berichtet uber die bereits jahrelange Anwendung des Function-Point-Verfahrens fur die Anfwandschatzung unter der besonderen Beachtung der gegenwartigen zum Teil extremen wirtschaftlichen Randbedingungen. Rudolph beschreibt wesentliche Grund prinzipien fur die effektive Anwendung von Softwaremetriken unter dem Hintergrund eigener reichhaltiger Erfahrungen bei der Konzeption und VI Anwendung umfangreicher " Metrikenprogramme" fur verschiedene Fir men."

The challenges in implementing intelligent and autonomous software systems remain the development of self-adapting systems, self-healing applications, corporate global creation, and collaborated robotic teams. With software agent technology widely recognized as a key approach in implementing such global infrastructure, the importance of the role of quality assurance of agent-based systems and system development is growing daily.

Based on the authors? more than fifteen years of experience in software agent technology, Quality of Agent-Based and Self-Managed Systems presents the basics principles and structures of agent technology. It covers the main quality issues of software system development and provides examples of agent measurement and evaluation. The authors focus on software agent systems and multi-agent systems (MAS) and discuss the determination of quality properties. They also explain different techniques and approaches to evaluate the development of MAS. The final chapter summarizes quality assurance approaches for agent-based systems and discusses some open problems and future directions.

Although often complex and difficult to manage, the applications for software agent systems in essential life systems increase every day. Since the quality of the agent-based self-managing systems is a central point of software risks, analyzing, evaluating, and improving the quality measurement situation will always be a concern when developing these systems. With more than sixty illustrations and twenty tables, this book builds a foundation in quality and quality control for agent-based technology.