Measurement of software development productivity is needed in order to control software costs, but it isdiscouragingly … labor-intensive and expensive. Computer aided software engineering (CASE) technologies --especially repository …-based, integrated CASE -- have the potential to support the automation of thismeasurement. In this paper, we discuss the development of …

Measurement of software development productivity is needed in orderto control software costs, but it is discouragingly … labor-intensiveand expensive. Computer aided software engineering (CASE)technologies -- especially object …-oriented, integrated CASE --have the potential to support the automation of this measurement.In this paper, we describe automated analyzers …

Software differs from other electromechanical technologies because of the unique process by which software programs are … invented. In particular, software developers create novel executable software programs, which are components of a computer, by … of software development violates the assumptions of patent law, which generally requires that electromechanical …

in integratedcomputer aided software engineering (CASE) environments that arecharacterized by an object …-oriented development methodology and acentralized repository. The automation of function point analysisis discussed in the context of such … -- leverage, value and classification --and examine the p,ossibility of utilizing objects as means toestimate software development …