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Chapter 5
Foundations of
Measurement Tools
with COSMIC
One of the main aspects of acceptance of new FSM methods consists in the level of tool
support and existing experience data. Note that tools can only support the counting
process. Usually it is not possible for automation for such measurement processes.
Figure5.1 shows the general components involved in a tool-based application of
functional size measurement methods.
e part of this chapter by Malcolm Jenner shows a method for estimating
the functional size, in COSMIC functional size units, of a software system speci-
ed using UML. It is demonstrated ...