• DocumentCode
    1086488
  • Title

    Point counterpoint: do standards improve quality?

  • Author

    Schneidewind, N.F. ; Fenton, Norman

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Sci., Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    1/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    Software standards are only one of many factors that influence quality. However, there is ample evidence to suggest that, on balance, standards and their related guides and recommended practices do improve product quality. The paper discusses some examples of standards that improve software product quality. It considers whether imperfect standards are better than none at all
  • Keywords
    software development management; software quality; software standards; imperfect standards; product quality; software engineering; software quality; software standards; Capability maturity model; Local area networks; Management information systems; Protocols; Software quality; Software reliability; Software standards; Space shuttles; Standards development; Voting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.476282
  • Filename
    476282
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1086488