Early experiences in measuring multimedia systems development effort

dc.contributor.author	Fletcher, Tim	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	MacDonell, Stephen	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Wong, B L William	en_NZ
dc.date.copyright	1996-10	en_NZ
dc.identifier.citation	Fletcher, T., MacDonell, S., & Wong, B. L. W. (1996). Early experiences in measuring multimedia systems development effort (Information Science Discussion Papers Series No. 96/21). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1130	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1130
dc.description.abstract	The development of multimedia information systems must be managed and controlled just as it is for other generic system types. This paper proposes an approach for assessing multimedia component and system characteristics with a view to ultimately using these features to estimate the associated development effort. Given the different nature of multimedia systems, existing metrics do not appear to be entirely useful in this domain; however, some general principles can still be applied in analysis. Some basic assertions concerning the influential characteristics of multimedia systems are made and a small preliminary set of data is evaluated.	en_NZ
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.publisher	University of Otago	en_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Information Science Discussion Papers Series	en_NZ
dc.subject	multimedia	en_NZ
dc.subject	metrics	en_NZ
dc.subject	Management	en_NZ
dc.subject.lcsh	QA76 Computer software	en_NZ
dc.title	Early experiences in measuring multimedia systems development effort	en_NZ
dc.type	Discussion Paper	en_NZ
dc.description.version	Unpublished	en_NZ
otago.bitstream.pages	10	en_NZ
otago.date.accession	2011-01-24 22:57:53	en_NZ
otago.school	Information Science	en_NZ
otago.openaccess	Open
otago.place.publication	Dunedin, New Zealand	en_NZ
dc.identifier.eprints	1069	en_NZ
otago.school.eprints	Multimedia Systems Research Laboratory	en_NZ
otago.school.eprints	Software Metrics Research Laboratory	en_NZ
otago.school.eprints	Information Science	en_NZ
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otago.relation.number	96/21	en_NZ