Modeling Techniques Used in Addressing the Quality of Software

In many organizations, the quality of newly developed code is measured after the code is shipped. In this paper, strategies are defined using modeling techniques to improve/determine the quality of the code during the different stages of the software life cycle. The management and implementation of the software process (which is looked at as following three major phases) is outlined together with some related modeling tools and methodologies. The different phases are discussed and some of the required measures are noted. The approach is centered on a large software development organization whose software is developed in house using a client/server architecture for the production and test environments.