Automated tool support for an emerging international software process assessment standard

Author

Lok, R. Him ; Walker, A.J.

Author_Institution

Software Eng. Applications Lab., Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

fYear

1997

fDate

1-6 Jun 1997

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

35

Abstract

The Software Process Assessment and Capability Determination (SPICE) Project was established by ISO/IEC JTCI/SC7/WG10 to assist in the development of the emerging ISO standard for Software Process Assessment (ISO/IEC 15504) and to undertake user trials to provide early feedback for revision of the Standard. This paper describes the development of an automated tool to support the conduct of assessments in Phase 2 of the trialling period using the embedded model described in Part 5 of ISO/IEC 15504. The development process and product quality objectives and their validation are described. The impact of user feedback on the evolution of the tool is reviewed. Early experience in the application of the tool for conducting assessments is presented

Keywords

ISO standards; software development management; software quality; software standards; software tools; IEC; ISO standard; JTCI; SC7; SPICE Project; Software Process Assessment and Capability Determination; WG10; international software process assessment standard; software quality management; software tool; software trials; tool evaluation; user feedback; user trials; validation; Africa; Application software; Feedback; SPICE; Software quality; Software standards; Software tools; Standards development; Standards publication; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Standards Symposium and Forum, 1997. Emerging International Standards. ISESS 97., Third IEEE International

Conference_Location

Walnut Creek, CA

ISSN

1082-3670

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7837-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SESS.1997.595563

Filename

595563