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Measurement analysis software system and method

  • US 5,446,895 A
  • Filed: 03/31/1994
  • Issued: 08/29/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A measurement analysis software system directed by computer hardware for analyzing efficiency and effectiveness of software development and maintenance processes by integration of measurement, metric and attribute data including separate data repositories for measurement, metric and attribute data at project and application levels wherein a project level is the management level responsible for managing individual new development or major enhancements to a software application, and wherein application level is the management level responsible for managing maintenance activities as well as new development or major enhancement projects for one or more applications, comprising:

  • a) means for updating function point counts, wherein a function point is a metric that describes a unit of work product suitable for quantifying application software, from a project related to an application;

    b) means for automatically calculating the sum of an application'"'"'s related project updated function point counts;

    c) means for entering summary application information such as application cost and failure incident information;

    d) means for automatically calculating quality and support ratios for said application from summary application information such as cost and failure incident information;

    e) means for tracking data relating to said application such as work teams, team environment and characteristics of said application;

    f) means for component explosion allowing for entry of multiple data components with one entry;

    g) means for moving data or information from a related project level to an application level and means for storing said data or information once moved into the application level; and

    h) means for an option to include or exclude a project or application from analysis and reporting so that adjustment applications or projects entered to mend previous data entry errors made during work on the other applications or projects can be excluded from analysis and reporting results of complete applications and projects that were recorded.

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