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The document discusses software quality and defines key terms: 1) Software is defined as computer programs, procedures, documentation, and data for operating a system. 2) Software errors are mistakes in code that cause incorrect functioning, while faults only cause issues when activated by a user. 3) Software quality assurance aims to systematically plan and implement activities throughout development to meet specifications and minimize costs.

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Lecture 3

The document discusses software quality and defines key terms: 1) Software is defined as computer programs, procedures, documentation, and data for operating a system. 2) Software errors are mistakes in code that cause incorrect functioning, while faults only cause issues when activated by a user. 3) Software quality assurance aims to systematically plan and implement activities throughout development to meet specifications and minimize costs.

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Software Quality

Engineering
Ch # 2: What is software quality?
2.1 Software – IEEE definition

• Software is: Computer programs, procedures, and possibly associated


documentation and data pertaining to the operation of a computer
system.
• The following four components of software:
• Computer programs (the “code”)
• Procedures
• Documentation
• Data necessary for operating the software system
2.2 Software errors, faults and failures
• Software errors are sections of the code that are partially or totally
incorrect as a result of a grammatical, logical or other mistake made by a
systems analyst, a programmer, or another member of the software
development team.
• Software faults are software errors that cause the incorrect functioning of
the software during a specific application
• Software faults become software failures only when they are “activated”,
that is, when a user tries to apply the specific software section that is faulty.
Thus, the root of any software failure is a software error.
2.3 Classification of the causes of software errors
2.4 Software quality – definition
2.5 Software quality assurance – definition and
objectives
2.5.1 Software quality assurance definitions
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This definition may be characterized in the following:
• Plan and implement systematically. SQA is based on planning and the
application of a variety of actions that are integrated into all the stages
of the software development process.
• Refer to the software development process.
• Refer to the specifications of the technical requirements.
Expanded Definition
2.5.2 Software quality assurance vs. software
quality control
• Quality control is defined as “a set of activities designed to evaluate
the quality of a developed or manufactured product” (IEEE, 1991);
• The main objective of quality assurance is to minimize the cost of
guaranteeing quality by a variety of activities performed throughout
the development and manufacturing processes/stages.
2.6 Software quality assurance and software
engineering
• The characteristics of software engineering, especially its systematic,
disciplined and quantitative approach, make software engineering a
good environment for achieving SQA objectives.
• It is commonly accepted that cooperation between software engineers
and the SQA team is the way to achieve efficient and economic
development and maintenance activities.

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