Specification of Software Quality Attributes. Volume 3. Software Quality Evaluation Guidebook

摘要

The document is the first of three volumes of the Final Technical Report for the Specification of Software Quality Attributes contract. The purpose of this contract was to (1) consolidate results of previous RADC contracts dealing with software quality measurement, (2) enhance the software quality framework, and (3) develop a methodology to enable a software acquisition manager to determine and specify software quality factors requirements. The methodology and framework elements were developed to focus on an Air Force software acquisition manager specifying quality requirements for embedded software that is part of a command and control application. This methodology and most of the framework elements are generally useful for other applications and different environments. Volumes II and II describe the methodology for using the metrics technology and include an overview of the software acquisition process using this technology and quality framework. Volume III describes methods for evaluating achieved quality levels of software products and addresses the needs of data collection and analysis personnel. Volume III also describes procedures and techniques for evaluating achieved quality levels of software products. Worksheets for collecting metric data by software lifecycle phase and score sheets for scoring each factor are provided in the appendixes. Detailed metric questions are nearly identical to questions in the Software Evaluation Reports proposed as part of the Software Technology for Adaptable Reliable Systems (STARS) Measurement data item descriptions.