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Research Interest
My current main project is COSMIC-FFP- Project
COSMIC-FFP is the most modern, internationally-accepted method of measuring a functional size of software.
‘Functional size’ measures are based purely on the user’s functional requirements for the software. Such size measures are therefore valuable in the early stages of software project estimating and for comparing project performance measures (e.g. productivity = functional size / effort) across software projects using different technologies.
COSMIC-FFP is the only modern functional sizing method designed to work for both business application software and for real-time software, the latter including embedded, infrastructure, communications, avionics, etc, software. It has been successfully applied in all these various domains.
The COSMIC-FFP method was developed by COSMIC, the Common Software Measurement International Consortium, a voluntary co-operation of many of the world’s leading software metrics experts.
Our project is about building Software Functional Size Measurement standard etalons with COSMIC-FFP (ISO 19761). |
Selected Publications
A. Abran, A. Khelifi, W. Suryn and A. Seffah “Consolidating the ISO Usability Model”, SQM 2003 - 11th International Software Quality Management Conference and 8th Annual INSPIRE Conference April 23 – 25, 2003. Glasgow , Scotland , UK .
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A. Abran, A. Khelifi, W. Suryn , A. Seffah “Usability Meanings and Interpretations in ISO Standards”, Software Quality Journal, Issue 11 (4), pp 325-338, November 2003.
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A. Khelifi, A.Abran , L.Buglione “A System of References for Software Measurements with ISO 19761”, The 14th IWSM2004, International Workshop on Software Measurement, Germany , Nov. 3-5, 2004.M. Abu Talib, O. Ormandjieva
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A. Abran, A. Khelifi, L. Buglione “Scenario-based Black-Box Testing in COSMIC-FFP: A Case Study”, American Society for Quality (ASQ), January 2006.
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H. Msheik , A. Abran, H. Mcheick, D. Touloumis, A. Khelifi “ CoMet : A Tool Using CUMM to Measure Unused Component Members”, AICCSA-06, March 8-11, 2006, Dubai/ Sharjah, UAE.
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Honors/Awards
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Engineering School of High Technology
Award – Honor Student Canada 2005
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Engineering School of High Technology
Award – Honor Student Canada 2004
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Quebec Ministry of International Relations Scholarship Student Canada 2002
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University Of Quebec in Montreal – Honor Student Canada 2000
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Tunisia Ministry of Education Scholarship Tunisia 1986 - 1991
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Contact Details
Address: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Software Engineering
P.O. BOX: 38772
ALHOSN University,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Phone: +9712 407
0500 Ext. : 723
Fax : +9712 407 0599 Email : 
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