ESTIMATION OF OBJECT ORIENTED FUNCTION POINTS BASED ON UML DESIGN SPECIFICATION

Abstract

Object - oriented programming is widely used approach to develop a software system, several techniques have been defined by researchers and practitioners to measure the size of object-oriented software system. Unified modelling language (UML) is most popular way to implement a object oriented software system, how to map this UML to function point analysis various approaches are suggested by software practitioners, we have used UML design specification to map the UML to function point analysis. Various rules were proposed earlier, these rules can be applied on UML design specification to estimate function points. We have used UML class diagram for data function analysis and UML sequence diagram for transaction function analysis than we have applied transformation rules and guidelines to estimates function point. We have developed a tool based estimation technique for object oriented software metrics based on UML design specification using COCOMO II.