Towards an accurate functional size measurement procedure for conceptual models in an MDA environment

The accurate measurement of the functional size of applications that are automatically generated in MDA environments is a challenge for the software development industry. This paper introduces the OO-Method COSMIC Function Points (OOmCFP) procedure, which has been systematically designed to measure the functional size of object-oriented applications generated from their conceptual models by means of model transformations. The OOmCFP procedure is structured in three phases: a strategy phase, a mapping phase, and a measurement phase. Finally, a case study is presented to illustrate the use of OOmCFP, as well as an analysis of the results obtained.