Lac Supérieur

In 1999 the IWSM conference was held on September 8-10 in a small private building in Lac Supérieur, Canada.

Lac Supérieur is a small town about 100 km north of Montreal, close to the ski center of Mont-Tremblant.

Papers

On this conference 28 papers were presented. These papers were published as hard-copy conference proceedings.

Validation and Evaluation of Measurement

  • WOLFF, Sybille, BOURQUE, Pierre, DUPUIS, Robert, ABRAN, Alain
    The Role of Measurement in Fundamental Principles of Software Engineering
  • ZUSE, Horst
    Validation of Software Measures and Prediction Models
  • DION, Francis
    Décisions et justifications dans un contexte industriel de génie logiciel
  • DUMKE, Reiner
    Criterias for Software Measurement Evaluation

Measurement Techniques & Tools

  • BLACK, Sue, WIGG, David
    X-Ray: A Multi-Language, Industrial Strength Tool
  • BUGLIONE, Luigi, ABRAN, Alain
    LIME: A Three-Dimensional Software Performance Measurement Model for Project Management
  • FRENCH, Vern
    Establishing Software Metric Thresholds
  • KOKOL, Peter
    Universality – A Need for a New Software Complexity Metric
  • FOLTIN, Erik, DUMKE, Reiner, SCHMIETENDROF, A.
    Conceptions and Experience of Metrics Data Bases
  • SCHMIETENDORF, A. DIMITROV, E. DUMKE, R. FOLTIN, E. WIPPRECHT, M.
    Conception and Experience of Metrics-Based Software Reuse in Practice

Measurement Programs

  • BURTON, Valérie, ALBERT, Linda
    “Revenue Canada’s Extended Metrics Plan” or “Metrics with Muscle”
  • WHITE, Leonard
    Evaluating Measurement Methods
  • MOLINIÉ, Luis
    Outsourcing Contracts : An Economic Analysis

Functional Size Measurement Methods

  • SYMONS, Charles, FAGG, Peter, ABRAN, Alain, MORRIS, Pam
    ‘COSMIC – Aims, Design Principles and Progress’
  • OLIGNY, Serge, ABRAN, Alain
    Full Function Points and Compatibility Issue
  • LOKAN, Chris, ABRAN, Alain
    Multiple viewpoints in functional size measurement
  • MIRANDA, Eduardo
    Establishing Software Size Using the Paired Comparisons Method

Full Function Points – Industry Feedback

  • FOLTIN, Erik DUMKE, Reiner SCHMIETENDORF, Andreas
    Conceptions and Experience of Metrics Data Bases
  • DESHARNAIS, J.-Marc, ST-PIERRE, Denis
    Full Function Points: Empirical Data
  • FETCKE, Thomas
    A Generalized Structure for Function Point Analysis
  • ABRAN, Alain, OLIGNY, Serge, ST-PIERRE, Denis, SYMONS, Charles, DESHARNAIS, J.-Marc
    Preview of Release 2.0 – Feedback from Field Test

Functional Size Measurement Methuds – UML Notation

  • STUTZKE, Richard, D.
    Using UML Elements to Estimate Feature Points
  • LABYAD, S., FRAPPIER, M. ST-DENIS, R.
    Calculs des points de fonction à partir du diagramme des cas d’utilisation de la notation UML
  • LÉVESQUE, Ghislain, ABRAN, Alain
    UML Notation for Functional Size Measurement Method

Functional Size Measurement – Automation

  • HO, Tuong, Vinh, ABRAN, Alain
    A Framework for Automatic Function Point Counting from Source Code
  • DIAB, H., FRAPPIER, M. ST-DENIS, R.
    Counting Function Points from B Specifications
  • PATON, Keith
    Requirements for Automatic Function Point Counting – Test Cases and Approach
  • FISCHMAN, Lee
    A Function Point Counting Rules Project at Galorath

Program Committee

Alain Abran, University du Québec, Montreal, Canada
Reiner Dumke, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Horst Zuse, TU Berlin, Germany
François Coallier, Bell Canada, Canada
Charles Symons, COSMIC – UK