The operational profile in software reliability engineering: an overview

Author

Musa, John D.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

7-10 Oct 1992

Firstpage

140

Lastpage

154

Abstract

Provides an overview of a step-by-step approach for developing the operational profile used in software reliability engineering. The operational profile can help guide managerial and engineering decisions throughout the product life cycle, including requirements specification, design, implementation and testing. It is particularly valuable in guiding test planning and testing. The development and use of this profile typically involves product and market managers and systems engineers. It is used by software developers and managers, system test planners and testers, and quality assurance and reliability engineers. The presented material has been drawn from experience in developing operational profiles for a variety of applications

Keywords

DP management; software reliability; customer profile; design; engineering decisions; functional profile; implementation; managerial decisions; market managers; operational profile; product life cycle; product managers; quality assurance; requirements specification; software reliability engineering; system modes; systems engineers; test planning; testing; user profile; Design engineering; Engineering management; Life testing; Quality management; Reliability engineering; Software quality; Software reliability; Software testing; System testing; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Reliability Engineering, 1992. Proceedings., Third International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Research Triangle Park, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2975-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSRE.1992.285850

Filename

285850