Rotterdam

In 2014 the IWSM conference was held on October 6-8 in Rotterdam. The conference was organized by the Nesma to celebrate their 25th anniversary on the ss Rotterdam. The program consisted of 33 paper presentations, 3 keynotes from Renault, ING and the Technical University of Delft, invited presentations and 8 workshops.

Papers

On this conference 33 papers were presented. These papers are published in the IEEE Xplore Digital library.

COSMIC I

  • Oriou, Alexandre ; Bronca, Eric ; Bouzid, Boubker ; Guetta, Olivier ; Guillard, Kevin
    Manage the Automotive Embedded Software Development Cost & Productivity with the Automation of a Functional Size Measurement Method (COSMIC) Xplore it
  • Dumke, Reiner ; Neumann, Robert ; Schmietendorf, Andreas ; Wille, Cornelius
    Empirical-Based Extension of the COSMIC FP Method Xplore it
  • Heeringen, Harold van ; Gorp, Edwin van
    Measure the Functional Size of a Mobile App: Using the COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Method Xplore it
  • Fehlmann, Thomas ; Kranich, Eberhard
    Defect Density Measurements Using COSMIC – Experiences with Mobile Apps and Embedded Systems Xplore it
  • Soubra, Hassan ; Abran, Alain ; Ramdane-Cherif, Amar
    Verifying the Accuracy of Automation Tools for the Measurement of Software with COSMIC — ISO 19761 Including an AUTOSAR-Based Example and a Case Study Xplore it

Measurement programs

  • Ostberg, Jan-Peter ; Wagner, Stefan
    On Automatically Collectable Metrics for Software Maintainability Evaluation Xplore it
  • Weerdt, Jos de
    Gathering Time Spent Data on IT Maintenance Work Xplore it
  • Ravanello, Anderson ; Desharnais, Jean-Marc ; Villalpando, Luis Eduardo Bautista ; April, Alain ; Gherbi, Abdelouahed
    Performance Measurement for Cloud Computing Applications Using ISO 25010 Standard Characteristics Xplore it
  • Lami, Giuseppe ; Fabbrini, Fabrizio ; Buglione, Luigi
    An ISO/IEC 33000-Compliant Measurement Framework for Software Process Sustainability Assessment Xplore it

Old themes revisited

  • Abran, Alain
    Software Estimation: Transforming Dust into Pots of Gold? Xplore it
  • Antinyan, Vard ; Staron, Miroslaw ; Meding, Wilhelm ; Henriksson, Anders ; Hansson, Jorgen ; Sandberg, Anna
    Defining Technical Risks in Software Development Xplore it
  • Kuijpers, Cees
    Automated FPA (eFPA) in SAP Environment – Visions and Experiences of Automated Function Point Analysis Xplore it
  • Suelmann, Han
    Putnam’s Effort-Duration Trade-Off Law: Is the Software Estimation Problem Really Solved? Xplore it
  • Vogelezang, Frank ; Vries, Jelle de
    The Added Value of Enhancement Function Points – An Empirical Evaluation Xplore it

New approaches

  • Wams, Nanne ; Vogelezang, Frank
    Cost Estimation of Transition Projects in Application Outsourcing: An Empirical Model Xplore it
  • Nitze, Andre ; Schmietendorf, Andreas ; Dumke, Reiner
    An Analogy-Based Effort Estimation Approach for Mobile Application Development Projects Xplore it
  • Durisic, Darko ; Staron, Miroslaw ; Tichy, Matthias ; Hansson, Jorgen
    Quantifying Long-Term Evolution of Industrial Meta-Models – A Case Study Xplore it
  • Aysolmaz, Banu ; Demirors, Onur
    Automated Functional Size Estimation Using Business Process Models with UPROM Method Xplore it

Nesma 25th anniversary

  • Board, Nesma
    Software Measurement in the Netherlands – The 25th Anniversary of Nesma Xplore it
  • Ogilvie, John ; Heeringen, Harold van
    The Importance of Benchmarking – Using Function Points and the ISBSG Data to Improve Your Organization Success Xplore it
  • Galorath, Dan
    Why Can’t People Estimate: Estimation Bias and Strategic Mis-estimation Xplore it
  • Aguiar, Mauricio ; Buglione, Luigi
    Sizing the Entire Development Process – Functional and Non-functional Perspectives Xplore it
  • Poort, Eltjo ; Vliet, Eric van der
    Estimating the Cost of Heterogeneous Solutions Xplore it

Quality aspects

  • Buglione, Luigi ; Abran, Alain
    Measurement Process: Improving the ISO 15939 Standard Xplore it
  • Ouhbi, Sofia ; Idri, Ali ; Aleman, Jose Luis Fernandez ; Toval, Ambrosio
    Evaluating Software Product Quality: A Systematic Mapping Study Xplore it
  • Ertugrul, Ali Mert ; Yilmaz, Gokcen ; Salmanoglu, Murat ; Demirors, Onur
    The Effect of Highlighting Error Categories in FSM Training on the Accuracy of Measurement Xplore it
  • Staron, Miroslaw ; Rana, Rakesh ; Meding, Wilhelm ; Nilsson, Martin
    Consequences of Mispredictions of Software Reliability: A Model and its Industrial Evaluation Xplore it
  • Wetzlmaier, Thomas ; Klammer, Claus ; Ramler, Rudolf
    Extracting Dependencies from Software Changes: An Industry Experience Report Xplore it

Measurement

  • Symons, Charles
    Lies, Damned Lies and Software Metrics Xplore it
  • Bajwa, Sohaib Shahid ; Gencel, Cigdem ; Abrahamsson, Pekka
    Software Product Size Measurement Methods: A Systematic Mapping Study Xplore it
  • Moulla, Donatien Koulla ; Damakoa, Irepran ; Kolyang, Dina Taiwe
    Application of Function Points to Software Based on Open Source: A Case Study Xplore it
  • Lavazza, Luigi ; Meli, Roberto
    An Evaluation of Simple Function Point as a Replacement of IFPUG Function Point Xplore it
  • Czarnacka-Chrobot, Beata
    Analysis of the Per-Unit Work Effort and Per-Unit Work Cost of the Web Information Portal Enhancement — A Case Study from Poland Xplore it

Measuring requirements

  • Daneva, Maya
    Understanding Functional Reuse of ERP Requirements in the Telecommunication Sector: An Empirical Study Xplore it
  • Dumas-Monette, Jean-Francois ; Trudel, Sylvie
    Requirements Engineering Quality Revealed through Functional Size Measurement: An Empirical Study in an Agile Context Xplore it
  • Deuter, Andreas ; Engels, Gregor
    Measuring the Software Size of Sliced V-Model Projects Xplore it
  • Rezaei, Hengameh ; Ebersjo, Filippa ; Sandahl, Kristian ; Staron, Miroslaw
    Identifying and Managing Complex Modules in Executable Software Design Models-Empirical Assessment of a Large Telecom Software Product Xplore it

Estimation

  • Amazal, Fatima-Azzahra ; Idri, Ali ; Abran, Alain
    An Analogy-Based Approach to Estimation of Software Development Effort Using Categorical Data Xplore it
  • Fehlmann, Thomas ; Kranich, Eberhard
    Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) Prediction in the Software Development Process Xplore it
  • Solingen, Rini van
    Agile GQM: Why Goal/Question/Metric is more Relevant than Ever and Why It Helps Solving the Agility Challenges of Today’s Organizations Xplore it

COSMIC II

  • Sag, Muhammet Ali ; Tarhan, Ayca
    Measuring COSMIC Software Size from Functional Execution Traces of Java Business Applications Xplore it
  • Souto, Francisco Valdes ; Abran, Alain
    COSMIC Approximate Sizing Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach: A Quantitative Case Study with Industry Data Xplore it

Photos and presentations from Rotterdam 2014

Were you one of the more than 130 participants of the IWSM Mensura conference aboard the ss Rotterdam and want to see the photos, or just curious to what a conference on a boat looks like? Please visit flickr.com/iwsm-mensura and enjoy the images of the conference.
Interested in the presentations from the tracks and workshops you could not join? Read and download them at slideshare.net/nesma-nl.