The software design quality review

The AT&T Bell Laboratories Quality Assurance Center conducts Design Quality Reviews of software and hardware development projects, including reviews of specific development products. The objectives of these reviews center around identifying areas of potential quality and productivity improvements. This paper defines the Design Quality Review (DQR), describes the general methodology used in conducting DQRs for software projects, and describes the criteria used to evaluate software projects. Additionally, the paper presents some of the general results and observations from reviews conducted thus far.