DocumentCode
1086477
Title
Software quality: the elusive target [special issues section]
Author
Kitchenham, Barbara ; Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence
Author_Institution
Nat. Comput. Centre Ltd., Manchester
Volume
13
Issue
1
fYear
1996
fDate
1/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
12
Lastpage
21
Abstract
If you are a software developer, manager, or maintainer, quality is often on your mind. But what do you really mean by software quality? Is your definition adequate? Is the software you produce better or worse than you would like it to be? We put software quality on trial, examining both the definition and evaluation of our software products and processes
Keywords
software maintenance; software performance evaluation; software quality; software developer; software evaluation; software maintenance; software manager; software processes; software products; software quality; Automobiles; Computer errors; Computer networks; Consumer products; Error correction; Hardware; Software quality; Software tools; Telephony; Washing machines;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/52.476281
Filename
476281
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