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that the functional size of a software product is determined in the COSMIC FFP
method. To each data movement identied in the software product being measured,
a single unit of measure is assigned, which is, by convention, equal to 1 COSMIC
functional size unit (Cfsu). erefore, the total functional size of a measured soft-
ware product corresponds exactly to the sum of all the assessed data group move-
ments. For detailed measurement rules, see Abran et al. (2003).
Functional User
Requirements
Functional
Process type
Sub-process types
Data Movement
type (“Entry