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Defining software quality, ISO

9126
Defining Software quality
For any software system there should be three
specification
• Functional specification describing what the
system is to do
• Quality specification concerned with how well
the function are to operate
• Resource specification concerned with how
much is to be spent on the system
Defining Software quality(Cont..)
When there is concerned about the need for a
specific quality characteristics in a software
product then a quality specification with the
following minimum details should be drafted
• Definition/description : definition of the
quality characteristics
• Scale : the unit of measurement
Defining Software quality(Cont..)
• Minimally acceptable : the worst value which
might be acceptable if other characteristics
compensated for it, and below which the
product would have to be rejected out of
hand
• Target range: the range of values within which
it is planned the quality measurement
• Now: the value that applies currently
ISO 9126
• ISO 9126 standards was first introduced in
1991 to tackle the question of the definition
of software quality
• THE ORIGINAL 13 page document was
designed as a foundation upon which further
more detailed standard could be built.
• ISO9126 documents are now very lengthy
• Motivation might be
• Acquires who are obtaining software from
external suppliers
• Developers who are building a software
product
• Independent evaluator who are accessing the
quality of a software product, not for
themselves but for a community of user
ISO 9126(Cont..)
• ISO 9126 also introduces another type of
elements – quality in use- for which following
element has been identified
• Effectiveness
• Productivity
• Safety
• satisfication
ISO 9126(Cont..)
ISO 9126 identifies six major software quality
characteristics
• Functionality
• Reliability
• Usability
• Efficiency
• Maintainability
• portabilitu
ISO 9126 (Cnt..)
• Once the requirements for the software product
have been established, the following steps are
suggested
• Judge the importance of each quaility
characteristic for the application
• Select the external quality measurements within
the ISO 9126 framework relevant to the qualities
prioritized
• Many measurement onto ratings that reflect user
satisfaction

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