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A metric‐based software evaluation method
Author(s) -
Welzel Dieter,
Hausen HansLudwig,
Bøsegh Jøsrgen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
software testing, verification and reliability
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1689
pISSN - 0960-0833
DOI - 10.1002/stvr.4370030306
Subject(s) - computer science , scope (computer science) , software quality , verification and validation , metric (unit) , software engineering , certification , software , process (computing) , quality (philosophy) , software metric , software quality control , product (mathematics) , set (abstract data type) , measure (data warehouse) , software measurement , systems engineering , software development , data mining , engineering , mathematics , programming language , philosophy , operations management , geometry , epistemology , law , political science
Based on a set of case studies in eight European countries a method of software evaluation has been designed within ESPRIT Project SCOPE (Software Certification Programme Europe). This method deals with several types of information: software characteristics and metrics, product and process information, and evaluation techniques. In order to be applicable, the method is supported by a five‐step procedure that analyses the quality requirements, specifies, designs and conducts the evaluation, and, finally, reports on the collection of all documents produced in an evaluation report. The thoroughness of software evaluation is expressed by evaluation levels; encapsulations of evaluation techniques, in order to measure a quality attribute and manage the whole process more easily, are described by evaluation modules. Two guides have been produced and have been submitted to the responsible ISO/IEC JTC1 sub‐committee for review and inclusion in normative documents being developed for the application of ISO/IEC 9126. The method proposed can work with customized models as well as with standards.