36 ◾ COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices
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Meli (1997a) identies that it becomes necessary to distinguish between func-
tion points asked for and released to the user and function points actually devel-
oped by the software team. at is why new approaches have to be found and
introduced.
Ho et al. (1999) promise a solution for this problem: two dierent measure-
ments in function points should be dened, one connected to the external user view
and the other connected to the administrative and productive needs of the software
manufacture.
Ho and Abran (1999) deal with the problem to measure the performance of the
software engineering process. erefore, it is important to identify how much