Software quality assessment and standards

The development of software product-quality assessment methods is reviewed. Much of the software quality standards work has been performed under the aegis of international organizations such as the IEEE Computer Society and the International Standard Organization/International Electrotechnical Committee Joint Technical Committee No.1 Subcommittee on Software Engineering (ISO JTC1 SC7). An alternative approach that defines a set of requirements for members of a class of software product and certifies those that meet the requirements is described.<
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