An Investigation of the Weaknesses of the ISO 9126 International Standard

Since 2005 and up-to-date, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is ongoing to update the current ISO 9126 international standard on software product quality measurement. However, this current standard will be replaced by the quality measurement division (ISO 25020, ISO 25021, ISO 25022, ISO 25023, and ISO 25024) of the upcoming ISO 25000 series of international standards on software quality requirements and evaluation (SQuaRE). This paper presents an investigation of the weaknesses of the current ISO 9126 by collecting various viewpoints of interested researchers and practitioners. Furthermore, this investigation will tackle the potential solutions of such weaknesses to be taken into account when preparing the new quality measurement division of the ISO 25000 series of international standards.