How Much Software Quality Investment Is Enough: A Value-Based Approach

Author

Huang, LiGuo ; Boehm, Barry

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Volume

23

Issue

5

fYear

2006

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

95

Abstract

This article draws on results from the emerging field of value-based software engineering (VBSE). VBSE aims to provide a quantitative approach to questions as how much software quality investment is enough. Based on the COCOMO II cost-estimation model and the COQUALMO quality-estimation model, quantitative risk analysis helps determine when to stop testing software and release the product. Further, we show how the model and approach can assess the relative payoff of value-based testing as compared to value-neutral testing

Keywords

investment; risk analysis; software cost estimation; software quality; COCOMO II cost-estimation model; COQUALMO quality-estimation model; quantitative risk analysis; software quality investment; value-based software engineering; Application software; Books; Costs; Investments; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Software engineering; Software quality; Software reusability; Testing; COCOMO; COQUALMO; cost-benefit analysis; software cost/schedule estimation; software quality; software risk assessment; software testing; value-based software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2006.127

Filename

1687868