FP-S: A simplified function point counting method
Abstract This article presents a simplified method for counting function points. The method is a modification of Albrecht's well-known detailed function point counting method. One inhibitor to the widespread use of function points as a measure of information systems work output is the time required to complete the function point counting task. The simplified method described here was developed in the McDonnell Douglas Corporation and has the potential to reduce the time required for the counting task with no significant reduction in accuracy.