Category: 08. Software Quality

Six Sigma is the process of improving the quality of the output by identifying and eliminating the cause of defects and reduce variability in manufacturing and business processes. The maturity of a manufacturing process can be defined by a sigma rating indicating its percentage of defect-free products it creates. A six sigma method is one…

PCMM is a maturity structure that focuses on continuously improving the management and development of the human assets of an organization. It defines an evolutionary improvement path from Adhoc, inconsistently performed practices, to a mature, disciplined, and continuously improving the development of the knowledge, skills, and motivation of the workforce that enhances strategic business performance.…

The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a procedure used to develop and refine an organization’s software development process. The model defines a five-level evolutionary stage of increasingly organized and consistently more mature processes. CMM was developed and is promoted by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a research and development center promote by the U.S. Department…

ISO (International Standards Organization) is a group or consortium of 63 countries established to plan and fosters standardization. ISO declared its 9000 series of standards in 1987. It serves as a reference for the contract between independent parties. The ISO 9000 standard determines the guidelines for maintaining a quality system. The ISO standard mainly addresses…

Software quality product is defined in term of its fitness of purpose. That is, a quality product does precisely what the users want it to do. For software products, the fitness of use is generally explained in terms of satisfaction of the requirements laid down in the SRS document. Although “fitness of purpose” is a…