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Internal logical file (ILF)


An internal logical file (ILF) is a user identifiable group of logically related data or control information maintained within the boundary of the application. The primary intent of an ILF is to hold data maintained through one or more elementary processes of the application being counted. See also External interface file.

(Source: IFPUG CPM 4.1 )

 

 

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Books on Software Metrics & Function Point Analysis

Practical Software Metrics For Project Management And Process Improvement

Project managers:
Learn through practical examples what to measure and track, which will help you more effectively manage your projects throughout the life cycle. Learn how to measure and present progress. Most importantly, learn why you need to measure and how important it is for you to tie your measurements to visible, agreed-upon project goals.

This book emphasizes proven practices and results. These include:

  • How measurement should be tightly linked to organizational strategies
  • How the metrics that engineers find useful help project managers as well
  • How metrics are used to achieve continuous process improvement
  • Which measures are meaningful for a large organization
Function Point Analysis:
Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects

Reader's  review from Denmark
This is a really useful book. It's a must if you need to look deep into the Function Point Analysis and get a clear understanding of what this is all about. As a professional and local instructor in Function Point Analysis I've got a lot of inspiration from this book for my course. I believe that beginners would gain even more from this book, however. It covers all topics from the current IFPUG Function Point Counting Practices Manual (release 4.1). It guides you all the way through the whole process and presents a lot of examples and additional explanations on the way.

Beside the operational guidelines this book also describe the Function Point Analysis in the perspective of related topics as e.g. estimation and benchmarking. Those topics are covered very thoroughly as well and the book provides a good insight in how Function Points can be used as a management tool.

 

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