Verifying and validating for maintainability

Author

Wallace, D.R. ; Daughtrey, Taz

Author_Institution

NBS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

21-23 Mar 1988

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

46

Abstract

The IEEE standard for software verification and validation plans provides a useful framework for assuring the maintainability of software. The standard can apply to both critical and noncritical software efforts, regardless of previous development history. The standard provides direction for the management and administration of tasks required for software verification and validation. It takes into account that, for a software maintenance effort, some project documentation required to perform these tasks may not be available. Descriptions of the standard and of software maintenance from a software-verification and validation perspective are given, as well as two examples of improved software maintainability from application of the standard

Keywords

program verification; standards; system documentation; IEEE standard for software verification and validation plans; project documentation; software maintainability; software maintenance; Costs; Documentation; Error correction; Guidelines; Maintenance engineering; NIST; Project management; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Standards Conference, 1988. Computer Standards Evolution: Impact and Imperatives, Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0791-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSTAND.1988.4760

Filename

4760