Re: Progress 4GL in association with Function Point Analysis????

John is right,
the issue is about defining a 'function point' it is too easy to accept that various functions, which are very easy in any 4gl, deserve to be counted as a 'function point' you then end up with exaggerated claims for the productivity of the 4gl in question
Just look at the history of programming. if even a minority of the vendor claims for productivity were valid, we should be mostly unemployed The reality is that productivity has not significantly improved with all the hype od 4gl and case
In short beware of 'function points'

On 5 Jan 1999 12:06:19 GMT, paulkcng_at_news.netvigator.com (Ng K C Paul) wrote:

>What do you mean by misusage of FPA? Any example? What better
>methodoogy can be used to replace FPA?
>
>John Cai (john.cai_at_eds.com) wrote:
>: > I'm busy to write a thesis subject. I investigate the feasibility of
>: > the Function Point Analysis ( FPA) in association with the Progress
>: > 4GL V7/8.
>: Be very careful about the applicability of FPA to the kinds of development.
>: I've seen lots of misusage of FPA.
>: > I'm curious to hear if there is anybody who has experience with using
>: > this method. In fact I have three questions:
>: > What are the experiences with using this method in assiociation with
>: > Progress 4GL V7/8 ?
>: In theory, the same method is for any language. The only difference is 4GL
>: gives higher productivity over 3GL in certain kinds of development. You
>: need to get a benchmark for applying FPA to Progress 4GL.
>: > Where can I find some documentation about this subject?
 There is a few web sites. Mostly, mainframe or alike people talk about it.
>: > Who has ideas or remark which can help to complete this investigation?
>: Develop a better methodology to replace FPA (in its original sense).
>:
>: John Cai
>:
Received on Thu Jan 07 1999 - 00:00:00 CET