Software Process and Product Measurement: International Conferences IWSM 2008, MetriKon 2008, and Mensura 2008 Munich, Germany, November 18-19, 2008, (Paperback)

Session A1 - Estimation Models I.- Project Sizing and Estimating: A Case Study Using PSU, IFPUG and COSMIC.- Proposals for Increasing Benchmarking Data Quantity and Quality of Projects Measured in COSMIC.- Session B1 - Measurement Methodology I.- Quality-Driven Orchestration of Services.- Applying Six Sigma in the Field of Software Engineering.- Session C1 - Effort Estimation.- First Steps towards Validating a Cost-Benefit Model of Reviews and Tests.- Field Study: Influence of Different Specification Formats on the Use Case Point Method.- Session A2 - Measurement Programs.- Software Measurement @ Siemens - A Practical Approach Allows Best Practice Sharing of Various Organizations.- Measurement Support for Effective Supplier Management.- Session B2 - New Approaches.- Measuring Distances for Ontology-Based Systems.- Challenges in Evaluating SOA Test Processes.- Criteria to Compare Cloud Computing with Current Database Technology.- Session C2 - Process Assessment.- Comparison of Process Quality Characteristics Based on Change Request Data.- Assessment of Business Process Modeling Tools under Consideration of Business Process Management Activities.- Session A3 - Size Measurement.- The Impact of Individual Assumptions on Functional Size Measurement.- Measurement of Functional Size in Conceptual Models: A Survey of Measurement Procedures Based on COSMIC.- Session B3 - Education.- Evaluation Aspects for a Sustainable Integration of e-Learning within the Software Engineering (Case Study).- Session A4 - Estimation Models II.- How to Use COSMIC Functional Size in Effort Estimation Models?.- Uncertainty in ERP Effort Estimation: A Challenge or an Asset?.- The Influence of Culture and Leadership on Cost Estimation.- Session B4 - Measurement in Software Lifecycle.- Portfolio Control - When the Numbers Really Count.- Defining Suitable Criteria for Quality Gates.- An Empirical Study of Product Measurement in a Standardized Requirement Definition Process with 28 Japanese Government Software Projects.- Session A5 - Product Measurement.- Measuring 75 Million Lines of Code.- Improving Quality of Functional Requirements by Measuring Their Functional Size.- Implementing Software Project Control Centers: An Architectural View.- Session B5 - Measurement Methodology II.- Towards a Comprehensive Approach for Assessing Open Source Projects.- Analysing Bug Prediction Capabilities of Static Code Metrics in Open Source Software.- Measuring the Impact of Different Categories of Software Evolution.- Using PSU for Early Prediction of COSMIC Size of Functional and Non-functional Requirements.