Abstract
Software development methods are getting more diverse and compiex, so Function Point (FP) Analysis is becoming popular as a method for estimation of software size, instead of Lines Of Code (LOC). Since FP counts functions independent of the software development method, it provides a more objective measure of software size. With this in mind, we decided to go one step further and study effective usage of FP Analysis in software project management not limited to software size estimation. In this study, first we tried to measure FP for several examples, then we studied and determined what ways of using of FP Analysis are effective for project management and what issues exist when we use the FP Analysis in software project management.
