AS/NZS 14143.

1:1999
ISO/IEC 14143-1:1998

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Information technology—
Software measurement—
Functional size measurement

Part 1: Definition of concepts

 AS/NZS 14143.1:1999
This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical Committee
IT/15, Software Engineering. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards
Australia on 23 August 1999 and on behalf of the Council of Standards New Zealand on
20 September 1999. It was published on 5 October 1999.

The following interests are represented on Committee IT/15:

Australian Association of Chief Information Officers
Australian Bankers Association
Australian Computer Society
Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Society for Technical Communication
Australian Software Metrics Association
Computer Aided Software Engineering Special Interest Group
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Defence Science and Technology Organization

Department of Defence, Australia
Griffith University
IEEE Computer Society
Indigenous Information Industries Group
New Zealand Organization for Quality
Quality Society of Australasia
Software Process Improvement Network, Sydney, Australia
Software Quality Association
Software Verification Research Centre
Telstra Corporation
University of New South Wales
University of South Australia

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Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Information technology—
Software measurement—
Functional size measurement

Part 1: Definition of concepts

First published as AS/NZS 14143.1:1999.

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee
IT/15, Software Engineering. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from
ISO/IEC 14143-1:1998, Information technology—Software measurement—Functional size
measurement, Part 1: Definition of concepts.
The objective of this Standard is to provide persons involved with software management with a
definition of the fundamental concepts of functional size measurement (FSM), thereby
promoting the consistent interpretation of FSM principles which are already in existence.
This Standard is Part 1 of AS/NZS 14143, Information technology—Software measurement—
Functional size measurement. Other parts in this series are in the course of preparation.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the annex to
which it applies. An ‘informative’ annex is only for information and guidance.
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(a) Its number does not appear on each page of text and its identity is shown only on the
cover and title page.
(b) In the source text ‘this part of ISO/IEC 14143’ should read ‘this Australian/New Zealand
Standard’.
(c) A full point should be substituted for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.
References to International Standards should be replaced by references to equivalent Australian
or Australian/New Zealand Standards, as follows:
Reference to International Standard Australian/New Zealand Standard
ISO/IEC AS/NZS
9126 Information technology—Software 4216 Information technology—Software
product evaluation—Quality product evaluation—Quality
characteristics and guidelines for their characteristics and guidelines for their
use use
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