Software Engineering: Function Point Analysis: Effort Estimation
Intro Counting Data FPs Transactional FPs Estimation  After you
have a function point count, Rapid Development has the necessary
formulas to compute the total effort in man-months, the optimal
schedule time in months, and the number of lines of code (LOC).
The following abbreviations are used here:  Choose type of
project and team capabilities.  Jones's first-order estimation
gives an estimate for optimal schedule months from the function
point count. First you must choose the appropriate exponent, j,
to use by identifying the type of system and the general
capability of the development team.  Exponents for Jones's
first-order estimate Kind of softwareBest in classAverageWorst
in class Systems 0.430.450.48 Business 0.410.430.46  Calculate
schedule months from function points  Jones's first order
estimate formula uses the exponent, j, from the above table to
compute schedule months, s, from function points, f. Schedule
months do not include the