A size measurement method for enterprise applications

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KÜÇÜKATEŞ ÖMÜRAL, NESLİHAN

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Enterprise Applications are complex, effort-intensive applications that include most of the business processes of the enterprises. They differ from traditional software applications by their high reuse rates. Effort predictions for these applications are usually performed in an ad-hoc fashion and result in large variations. Prediction models utilizing traditional software size measures do not produce accurate results either. In this thesis, we developed a size measurement method considering the unique characteristics of EA projects. This method measures changes where pre-built functionality does not satisfy customer requirements. With the claim that the number of data groups executed for a transaction should be reflected in size, we defined a novel size measurement unit, Data Transaction Point (DTP). We proposed measuring the size of an EA project in terms of DTP in three categories: unchanged, changed, and new. In order to understand the applicability of the method in real life, we evaluated the accuracy of effort estimates based on DTP in multiple cases. The size measurement method has been evaluated through different SAP implementation projects. To assess the effort estimation accuracy, MMRE, MdMRE, and PRED (30) metrics have been used for the projects. The results showed that the accuracy of effort estimates for the projects was in an acceptable range. This method can reduce project schedule and budget overruns with promising effort estimation results. Moreover, it also has the potential to be used in different situations like the evolution and maintenance of software systems where measuring changes has crucial importance.

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Enterprise applications, Enterprise resource planning, Software size measurement, Reuse, Data transaction point

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N. KÜÇÜKATEŞ ÖMÜRAL, “A size measurement method for enterprise applications,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2022.