Re-Assessing the Intention to Use a Measurement Procedure based on COSMIC-FFP *

This paper describes the replication of an empiric al study that was designed to evaluate the adoption of RmFFP in practi ce. RmFFP is a measurement procedure designed to measure the funct ional size of objectoriented systems from requirements specifications o btained in the context of the OO-Method approach. This procedure has been designe d in accordance with the COSMIC-FFP standard method. The evaluation is bas ed on the Method Adoption Model (MAM), where the intention to use a method is determined by the users’ perceptions. The results show that an in te tion to use RmFFP exists, and that it is more influenced by usefulness than e ase of use.

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