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Quality ConCept
and perspeCtives
Introduction
is chapter as the title implies deals with the conceptual aspects of
software quality. ere are four parts in this chapter: Part 1 defines
the basic concepts of quality, the importance and necessity of software
quality, and the integration of test, security, and audit as a primary
part of quality.
Part 2 of this chapter introduces the characteristics of software
quality, based on IEEE 9126 Standard, control objectives for infor-
mation and related technology (COBIT), and capability maturity
model integration (CMMI). is section also tries to find the connec-
tion among these three major standards when they meet each other.
Part 3 discusses the validation and verification, based on IEEE
Standard 1012 ...