Utilização da técnica Análise de Pontos de Função em empresas de desenvolvimento de software do Estado do Ceará

Abstract

One of the most worries of the software development business is conclude projects with quality, on time and provided estimate. For this, it’s important have knowledge of the necessary resources and how much is needed produce to complete the project with success. By Vazquez et al., (2010), the software size estimate is one of the most important software developer priorities to be measure. So, the technique Function Points Analysis (FPA) can be used to estimate the software development project size. This work has as objectives make a lifting about the use of the technique Function Points Analysis in software development business located in state of Ceará. Moreover, is verified the use level of the FPA and identified the positive and negative factors that influence in its use. It was made an exploratory research and a quantitative approach to analysis the data. To collect the data, it was created a questionnaire that had for target group software development business in state of Ceará that use Function Points Analysis to make size estimates. This research justify by the fact to provide a larger knowledge about the FPA and the use of this technique in software development business in state of Ceará.