隨著軟體工程的方法論不斷的演進，軟體架構(Software Architecture)的研究越來越受到重視。而為了要在軟體系統專案的早期預測軟體專案所需花費的時間、人力與金錢，功能點分析一直扮演著很重要的角色。有鑑於軟體專案對於功能點分析自動化的需求，本研究的目的為設計與實作功能點分析系統，對軟體架構圖自動化的進行分析，計算出軟體系統的功能點大小。
本研究以COSMIC-FFP為基礎，透過推導與觀察歸納，提出一個軟體架構功能點分析方法，對以UML 2.0表示的軟體架構圖進行功能點分析。所實作的功能點分析系統包含軟體架構功能點分析服務，可以自動化功能點計算過程，以改進使用COSMIC-FFP需要人力，時間來進行功能點分析的缺點。另外，系統整合了使用者案例(Use Case)功能點分析服務與類別圖功能點分析服務並實作預測模式(Prediction Model)產生服務，藉著專案歷史資料庫中的資料與軟體專案功能點分析的結果，來預測此專案所將花費的時間、人力與金錢。

With the great evolution in software engineering methodology, the research of software architecture for better developing a software system has attracted more and more attention. Meanwhile, Function Point Analysis (FPA) has played an important role in predicting the required time, efforts and costs of a software project, and the demand on automatic calculation of FPA is also increasing. In this research, an attempt is made to calculate the functional size automatically at software architecture level in the early phase of a software project.
An approach of FPA for software architecture is proposed based on COSMIC-FFP for analyzing the functional size of a software architecture represented in UML 2.0 notation. A FPA software system is implemented with software architecture FPA service, Use Case FPA service and Class Diagram FPA service for automating computational process of FPA. The Prediction Model Generation Service is also implemented for predicting the project’s required time, efforts and costs based on the data in the historical database.

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