Revista GTI

Vol. 5 No. 13 (2006): Revista GTI
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UN ANÁLISIS SOBRE LA ADOPCIÓN EN LA INDUSTRIA DE UN PROCEDIMIENTO DE MEDICIÓN CONFORME A LA ISO/IEC 19761

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  • Nelly Condori-Fernández,
  • Oscar Pastor López
Nelly Condori-Fernández
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
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Oscar Pastor López
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
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Condori-Fernández, N., & Pastor López, O. (2011). UN ANÁLISIS SOBRE LA ADOPCIÓN EN LA INDUSTRIA DE UN PROCEDIMIENTO DE MEDICIÓN CONFORME A LA ISO/IEC 19761. Revista GTI, 5(13), 41–48. Retrieved from https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistagti/article/view/1991

Abstract

RESUMEN

Este artículo presenta un análisis de la probabilidad de adoptar un procedimiento de medición llamado RmFFP. Este procedimiento de medición es conforme al método estándar ISO/IEC 19761 y ha sido definido para estimar el tamaño funcional a partir de artefactos de software de alto nivel que son especificadas con OO-Method, un método de generación automática basado en la transformación de modelos. El análisis fue llevado a cabo en base a los constructores del Modelo de Adopción de Métodos, tales como la facilidad de uso percibida, utilidad percibida e intención de uso, los cuales permitieron evaluar las percepciones e intenciones de los “usuarios” que usan RmFFP. Un estudio experimental fue rigurosamente diseñado, el mismo que fue replicado con estudiantes de doctorado en ingeniería de software con la finalidad de mejorar la fiabilidad de los resultados. Para este fin, algunas modificaciones fueron llevadas a cabo exitosamente sobre el instrumento experimental (cuestionario) utilizado para la captura de las percepciones e intenciones de los usuarios. Los resultados obtenidos, tanto en el primer estudio como en su replicación, corroboraron empíricamente que RmFFPes percibido como útil y fácil de usar. Así mismo la intención a ser usado en el futuro para medir el tamaño funcional de especificaciones de requisitos fue también verificado.

 

PALABRAS CLAVE

Modelo de Adopción de Métodos

Procedimiento de Medición

Tamaño Funcional

ISO/IEC 19761

 

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an analysis on the likelihood of adoption of a measurement procedure called RmFFP. This measurement procedure is compliant to the standard method ISO/IEC 19761, which was defined to estimate the functional size from software artefacts specified at early stage of the OO-Method process. OO-Method is an automatic generation method based on the models transformation. The analysis was carried out in basis of the constructors of the Method Adoption Model, such as ease of use perceived, usefulness perceived, and intention to use, which allowed evaluating the perceptions and intentions of the measurers that using RmFFP. An experimental study was designed rigorously, which was also replicated with PhD

students in software engineering with the purpose of improving the reliability of the results. For this purpose, some modifications were carried out on the experimental instrument (survey), which was used to capture the perceptions and intentions of the users. The results obtained in the first study and replication; confirm empirically that RmFFP is perceived as useful and easy of use. In addition, the intention to be used in the future for measuring the functional size of requirements specifications was also verified.

 

KEYWORDS

Method Adoption Model

Measurement procedure

Functional size

ISO/IEC 19761

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