Measurement and Theoretical Basics of the COSMIC-ISO 19761 ◾ 167
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of format. en the measurement signal would be basically the elements within the
text that are related to the functional user requirements. Next, the mapping, from
whichever format into the generic COSMIC model of software, could be the trans-
formed value. It is to this transformed value (e.g., the identication of all functional
processes recognized by COSMIC FFP) that the measurement function would be
applied with the corresponding measurement unit.
e second phase is measurement, where the measurer applies the measurement
to the required elements of the model produced in the mapping phase. e measure-
ment phase is done for each functio ...