Abstract

CHAVEZ ARELLANO, Ricardo; PINEDA DOMINGUEZ, Daniel  and  CUADRADO GALLEGO, Juan José. Efficiency of software development projects and functionality conversion models. Investig. adm. [online]. 2014, vol.43, n.113, pp.45-59. ISSN 2448-7678.

The software industry is one of the pillars of the world-wide economy, because its products and services are a fundamental support for the operation of the today's society and all kind of organizations that invest in information systems to automate tasks. In the software industry it usually takes place through a set of activities identified as a system development project within a new software development paradigm known as Agile methodology. The objective was to develop a conversion model between IFPUG Function Points and Agile Story Points measurement methods. The results of this research are nine math conversion models between those two software measurement methodologies which would allow Agile software development projects be more efficient.

Keywords : software; IFPUG Function Points; Agile methodology; development projects; projects efficiency.