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Software Quality
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Software Quality

by Daniel Galin
March 2018
Intermediate to advanced
720 pages
19h
English
Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press
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Chapter 1SQA – Definitions and Concepts

1.1 Software Quality and Software Quality Assurance – Definitions

We shall Start by delving into our target topic of software quality and discuss the following basic definitions:

  • Software quality
  • Software quality assurance (SQA)
  • Software quality assurance – an expanded definition
  • The objectives of SQA activities

The definition of software quality is shown in Frame 1.1.

Two aspects of software quality are presented in the above definition: one is meeting the requirements, while the other is generating customer/stakeholder satisfaction. A high quality software product is expected to meet all written development requirements – whether defined fully before the development began, or later in the course of the development process – and to meet the relevant regulations and professional conventions. Quality is also achieved through fulfillment of stakeholder needs and wants.

Software Quality Assurance – Definition

One of the most commonly used definitions of SQA is proposed by the IEEE, cited in Frame 1.2.

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