 <p>You might find this <a href="http://www.devdaily.com/FunctionPoints/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tutorial</a> on FPA of interest. Personally, I don't put much stock in this estimation method. From my perspective it attempts to provide a precise estimate in for things that have been shown repeatedly to not be precisely measurable. I much prefer <a href="http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/topics/planning-poker" rel="nofollow noreferrer">planning poker</a> or something similar that tries to group things within a similar order of magnitude and provide an estimate based on your previous estimations for similarly sized stories.</p> <p>If you're doing this for a class, simply follow the rules given in the text book and crank out the answer. If you're really intending to try this as a software development estimation method, my advice is to simplify the process rather than make it more complex. I would imagine that members of the International Function Point User Group (yes, there is one), will disagree.</p>