Evaluation of Products for Conformance

A substantial part of the software quality assurance (SQA) function's efforts is devoted to evaluating the products of the software processes. These are produced during the software development life cycle (SDLC) and include software and any relevant documentation. The objective of the SQA function is to evaluate the project plans for conformance with the project contract. SQA function also evaluates the degree of conformance of a project's development products with the project contract and relevant regulations and conventions. Product measurement is discussed in several software engineering standards, one of these is ISO/IEC (2001–2004) ISO/IEC Std. 9126–2001. Quantitative criteria of software products provided by software product metrics is a very important tool for evaluation. Software products include software packages/systems and software services, while the relevant documentation includes various development and operation reports, such as design reports, test reports, and periodical customer services reports.