Managing Software Quality A Measurement Framework for Assessment and Prediction
This is one of the shorter books in the 21 volume Practitioner Book Series, but this is entirely appropriate for a text on the ubiquitous topic of Quality. The book is written in a concise, precise no-nonsense style by two interna tional authors. They are supported in their approach by relevant per...
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Springer London
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: | Practitioner Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Motivating Software Quality Meaurement
- 1.1 Software Measurement: Why, What, How and When
- 1.2 Frequent and Hidden Pitfalls
- 1.3 The Rationale of an Holistic Approach
- 1.4 Background Efforts Contributing to the Book Content
- 1.5 Purpose and Scope of the Book
- 2. Foundations for a Comprehensive Approach to Software Quality Assessment
- 2.1 Establishing a Quality Focus
- 2.2 The Objectives/Principles/Attributes (OPA) Framework
- 2.3 Software Quality Indicators
- 2.4 Influences of the Process Model
- 2.5 Establishing Measurement Goals: Assessment or Prediction
- 3. An OPA Measurement Program
- 3.1 Accommodating the Organizational Process Model
- 3.2 Measurement Program Responsibilities
- 3.3 Derivation of Software Quality Indicators
- 3.4 Interpretation of SQI Results
- 3.5 Decisions and Actions
- 4. Process Measurement
- 4.1 The Inherent Difficulty of Process Measurement
- 4.2 Indicator Derivation and Distinctions
- 4.3 Interpretation, Decisions and Actions
- 5. Product Measurement: Documentation
- 5.1 Motivation and Distinctions
- 5.2 The Characteristics of High Quality in Documentation
- 5.3 Measurement Approaches
- 5.4 Interpretation, Decisions and Actions
- 6. Product Measurement: Code
- 6.1 Indicator Distinction and Derivation
- 6.2 Attributes of Code Quality
- 6.3 Automated Collection of Code Indicators
- 6.4 Interpretation, Decisions and Actions
- 7. An Examination of Indicator Values and Their Aggregation
- 7.1 Using and Interpreting Indicator Values
- 7.2 Integrating Code, Documentation and Process Quality Indicators in a Software Quality Measurement Program
- 8. Prediction and Assessment: Differences in Goals
- 8.1 Effects of Process Models
- 8.2 Software Reuse
- 8.3 Sustaining Responsibilities and Quality Measurement
- 8.4 The Quality Database and Validity of Indicators
- 9. Software Quality: Views and Purviews
- 9.1 Software Quality: Holy Grail or Eternal Enigma?
- 9.2 What is “Quality”?
- 9.3 What about Software?
- 9.4 The Evolving Views of Software Quality
- 9.5 Software Quality: A Standard View
- References