Software reliability measurement

Author

Everett, William W.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Middletown, NJ, USA

Volume

8

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

247

Lastpage

252

Abstract

The measurement and analysis aspects of software reliability are described with the aim of providing software engineers and managers a sense of where and how software reliability measurements can be applied to their projects. Some background for understanding software reliability measurement is provided, and activities associated with measuring and analyzing software reliability are discussed in the context of the software product life cycle. The focus is on failures and the rate at which they occur. The thrust of reliability measurement and analysis is to specify what the customer needs in terms of reliability before a software product is built, to validate that these needs are met before delivery of the product to the customer, and to make sure that the customer´s needs continue to be met after delivery

Keywords

quality control; software reliability; failure rate; software product life cycle; software reliability analysis; software reliability engineering; software reliability measurement; Engineering management; Hardware; Licenses; Product development; Project management; Reliability engineering; Software measurement; Software reliability; Switches; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.46878

Filename

46878