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Derivation of local software quality metrics (software quality circles)
Author(s) -
Poore J. H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380181102
Subject(s) - software quality control , computer science , software quality , software metric , quality (philosophy) , software quality analyst , software engineering , verification and validation , software measurement , software , software sizing , software construction , software development , engineering , programming language , operations management , philosophy , epistemology
Software is a product in serious need of quality control technology. Major effort notwithstanding, software engineering has produced few metrics for aspects of software quality that have the potential of being universally applicable. The present paper suggests that, although universal metrics are elusive, metrics that are applicable and useful in a fully defined setting are readily available. A theory is presented that a well‐defined software work group can articulate their operational concept of quality and derive useful metrics for that concept and their environment.