UNIT-4

SOFTWARE QUALITY AND TESTING

 SOFTWARE QUALITY FEATURES
• Good Design
• Durability
• Consistency
• Value for money
 SOFTWARE QUALITY PARAMETERS
• Maintainability
• Portability
• Functionality
• Performance
• Compatibility
• Security
Software quality factors
 Cost of Quality
• Prevention costs
• Appraisal costs
• Failure costs
 Software Quality Metrics
• Customer Problem Metrics
• Customer Satisfaction Metrics
• Software Maintenance Metrics
Review Techniques
 Formal Technical Reviews

• Review Meeting
• Review Reporting & Record Keeping
• Review Guidelines
 Software Quality Assurance
Elements:
o Standards
o Reviews & Audits
o Testing
o Defect collection & analysis
o Change management
o Safety
 SQA tasks
• Prepares an SQA plan for a project
• Participates in the development of the project’s software
process description
• Reviews software engineering activities to verify compliance
with the defined software process
• Records any noncompliance and reports to senior
management
Statistical software quality assurance
 Six sigma for Software engineering
✔ Define
✔ Measure
✔ Analyze
*Improve
*Control
❑ DMAIC method
 Six sigma for Software engineering
✔ Define
✔ Measure
✔ Analyze
*Design
*Verify
❑ DMADV method
 Software Reliability
• Failure rate
Mean Time metrics
• MTBF
• MTTF
• MTTR
 SQA Plan
• Ensures quality
• Reduces risk
• Facilitates communication
• Provides a framework
• Supports compliance