A brief history

The following table shows a brief history of function points, beginning with the introduction of the concept by Alan Albrecht in 1979.

1979	FPs introduced by Alan Albrecht
1984	First FP guidelines
1986	First IFPUG Board of Directors
1994	CPM Release 4.0
2003	ISO standard

Table 1: A brief history of Function Point Analysis

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