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Tool Support for Continuous Quality Control
Sept.-Oct. 2008 (vol. 25 no. 5)
pp. 60-67
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Florian Deissenboeck, Elmar Juergens, Benjamin Hummel, Stefan Wagner, Benedikt Mas y Parareda, Markus Pizka, "Tool Support for Continuous Quality Control," IEEE Software, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 60-67, Sept.-Oct., 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2008.129,
author = {Florian Deissenboeck and Elmar Juergens and Benjamin Hummel and Stefan Wagner and Benedikt Mas y Parareda and Markus Pizka},
title = {Tool Support for Continuous Quality Control},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {25},
number = {5},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2008},
pages = {60-67},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2008.129},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Software
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KW - software engineering
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Florian Deissenboeck, Technische Universität München
Elmar Juergens, Technische Universität München
Benjamin Hummel, Technische Universität München
Stefan Wagner, Technische Universität München
Markus Pizka, itestra GmbH
Over time, software systems suffer gradual quality decay and therefore costs can rise if organizations fail to take proactive countermeasures. Quality control is the first step to avoiding this cost trap. Continuous quality assessments help users identify quality problems early, when their removal is still inexpensive; they also aid decision making by providing an integrated view of a software system's current status. As a side effect, continuous and timely feedback helps developers and maintenance personnel improve their skills and thereby decreases the likelihood of future quality defects. To make regular quality control feasible, it must be highly automated, and assessment results must be presented in an aggregated manner to avoid overwhelming users with data. This article offers an overview of tools that aim to address these issues. The authors also discuss their own flexible, open-source toolkit, which supports the creation of dashboards for quality control.

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Index Terms:
software engineering, software quality, project management, project control and modeling
Citation:
Florian Deissenboeck, Elmar Juergens, Benjamin Hummel, Stefan Wagner, Benedikt Mas y Parareda, Markus Pizka, "Tool Support for Continuous Quality Control," IEEE Software, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 60-67, Sept.-Oct. 2008, doi:10.1109/MS.2008.129
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