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How Much Software Quality Investment Is Enough: A Value-Based Approach
September/October 2006 (vol. 23 no. 5)
pp. 88-95
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| LiGuo Huang, Barry Boehm, "How Much Software Quality Investment Is Enough: A Value-Based Approach," IEEE Software, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 88-95, September/October, 2006. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MS.2006.127, author = {LiGuo Huang and Barry Boehm}, title = {How Much Software Quality Investment Is Enough: A Value-Based Approach}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {23}, number = {5}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {2006}, pages = {88-95}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2006.127}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Software TI - How Much Software Quality Investment Is Enough: A Value-Based Approach IS - 5 SN - 0740-7459 SP88 EP95 EPD - 88-95 A1 - LiGuo Huang, A1 - Barry Boehm, PY - 2006 KW - software quality KW - software risk assessment KW - software cost/schedule estimation KW - software testing KW - cost-benefit analysis KW - value-based software engineering KW - COCOMO KW - COQUALMO VL - 23 JA - IEEE Software ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2006.127
A classical problem facing many software projects is determining when to stop testing and release the product for use. Risk analysis helps address this issue by balancing the risk exposure of doing too little with the risk exposure of doing too much. A quantitative approach based on the COCOMO II cost-estimation model and the COQUALMO quality-estimation model helps answer the question, "How much software quality investment is enough?" The authors use the models and some representative empirical data to assess the relative payoff of value-based testing as compared to value-neutral testing. They include examples of the approach's use under differing value profiles.
Index Terms:
software quality, software risk assessment, software cost/schedule estimation, software testing, cost-benefit analysis, value-based software engineering, COCOMO, COQUALMO
Citation:
LiGuo Huang, Barry Boehm, "How Much Software Quality Investment Is Enough: A Value-Based Approach," IEEE Software, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 88-95, Sept.-Oct. 2006, doi:10.1109/MS.2006.127
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