DocumentCode
889334
Title
A copper bullet for software quality improvement
Author
Blaha, Michael
Volume
37
Issue
2
fYear
2004
fDate
2/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
21
Lastpage
25
Abstract
Fred Brooks long ago observed that there is no silver bullet to improve software quality. However, there are copper bullets-lesser steps that improve quality over time. One of these is the notion of software engineering, the practice of thinking carefully before immersing yourself in the minutia of coding. We offer a summary of his experience indicating that database reverse engineering offers a quality improvement strategy, that could benefit the entire software community.
Keywords
reverse engineering; software process improvement; software quality; copper bullet; database reverse engineering; software community; software engineering; software quality improvement; Application software; Copper; Cost function; Databases; Reverse engineering; Silver; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software quality; User interfaces;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2004.1266291
Filename
1266291
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