Unit 2

Question 1

Rule 1

Answer 1

SLOC function point equivalence.

1FP= 125 SLOC for procedural language, 300 SLOC for assembly language and ,<20 SLOC for some oop languages.

Question 2

Rule 2

Answer 2

Project Duration Estimation

Function points raised to the power 0.4 predicts the approximate number of development time in calendar month

Question 3

Rule 3

Answer 3

Rate of requirement creeps

User requirements creeps at an average rate of 2% per month from design to coding phase

Question 4

Rule 4

Answer 4

Defect removal Efficiency

Each software review, inspection and test steps will find and remove 30% of bugs that are present.

Question 5

Rule 5

Answer 5

The size of software (in FP) divided by 150 predicts the approximate number of personnel required for developing the application.

Question 6

Software development effort estimation

Answer 6

App no of staff months of effort to develop a software = software development time * no of personnel required.

Question 7

Rule 7

Answer 7

Function points

FP/500 predicts the approximate number of personnel required for regular maintenance activitiy