Ebook: Software Quality Management VI: Quality Improvement Issues

The Quality Special Interest Group of the British Computer Society presents the edited proceedings of their sixth International Conference on Software Quality Management (SQM'98) held in April 1998 in Amsterdam. The objective of this series of annual conferences is to promote international co-operation among those concerned with software quality and process improvement, by creating a greater understanding of software quality issues and by sharing current research and industrial experience. The papers cover a broad spectrum of practical experience and research. The topic areas include process improvement, maintaining a quality management system, quality metrics, human factors, project management issues, software tools and approaches to systems development. The organisers would like to thank Origin for their sponsorship of the proceedings. The editors are indebted to the members of the International Advisory Committee for their support and for refereeing the abstracts and the final papers, as well as to the authors who have contributed to the success of this conference.

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This volume contains the edited proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Software Quality Management, SQM '98 held in April 1998 in Amsterdam, organised by the Quality Special Interest Group of the British Computer Society. These conferences attract over one hundred delegates equally from industry and academia and also equally from the UK and abroad. The objective of this series of annual conferences is to promote international co-operation among those concerned with software quality and process improvement, by creating a greater understanding of software quality issues and by sharing current research and industrial experience. The papers cover a broad spectrum of practical experience and research. The topic areas include process improvement, maintaining a quality management system, quality metrics, human factors, project management issues, software tools and approaches to systems development.

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This volume contains the edited proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Software Quality Management, SQM '98 held in April 1998 in Amsterdam, organised by the Quality Special Interest Group of the British Computer Society. These conferences attract over one hundred delegates equally from industry and academia and also equally from the UK and abroad. The objective of this series of annual conferences is to promote international co-operation among those concerned with software quality and process improvement, by creating a greater understanding of software quality issues and by sharing current research and industrial experience. The papers cover a broad spectrum of practical experience and research. The topic areas include process improvement, maintaining a quality management system, quality metrics, human factors, project management issues, software tools and approaches to systems development.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
ASTERIX Introduction of a Process Improvement using Tools to Support System Testing....Pages 3-14
Practical Process Improvement Meets DSP Software Development....Pages 15-25
Bootstrap 3.0 — Software Process Assessment Methodology....Pages 26-37
A Qualitative Approach to Organisational Goal Setting for Information Systems Development....Pages 38-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Experience with Software Quality / Usability Metrics....Pages 53-69
Improving Information Systems Development by Managing Project Risk....Pages 70-80
Information Quality Supported by Meta Model....Pages 81-88
Quality and RAD: A Contradiction in Terms?....Pages 89-105
Transient Quality performance within the ‘SPAN’ of new Software Development Process and Technology establishment....Pages 106-107
Providing Support for the Integration of Structured Methods and Quality Management Systems....Pages 108-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
“Can You Have It All?”: Managing The Time And Budget Against Quality Issue in A Dynamic Business Object Architecture Development....Pages 121-134
Object-Oriented Software Development with Reuse....Pages 135-146
Integration of strategic, tactical and technical OO measurement....Pages 147-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
A Lotus Notes Implementation of A Workflow Automation Tool for ISO 9001 Certification....Pages 161-172
Automatic Software Evaluation Based on Domain Knowledge and Formal Evaluation Specification....Pages 173-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Australian Software Developers Embrace QA Certification....Pages 187-198
Management Systems: the End of the Beginning?....Pages 199-203
Can Quality Survive Amidst Adversity?....Pages 204-208
An Analysis of Obsolescence Risk in It Systems....Pages 209-217
Constructing Standards for Cross-Platform Operation....Pages 218-229
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
The Practical Use and Abuse of Software Metrics....Pages 230-240
A Quality Software Process for Rapid Application Development....Pages 241-259
An integrated Model for Impact Analysis of Software Change....Pages 260-269
Metrics for Estimation....Pages 270-284
Back Matter....Pages 285-285

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This volume contains the edited proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Software Quality Management, SQM '98 held in April 1998 in Amsterdam, organised by the Quality Special Interest Group of the British Computer Society. These conferences attract over one hundred delegates equally from industry and academia and also equally from the UK and abroad. The objective of this series of annual conferences is to promote international co-operation among those concerned with software quality and process improvement, by creating a greater understanding of software quality issues and by sharing current research and industrial experience. The papers cover a broad spectrum of practical experience and research. The topic areas include process improvement, maintaining a quality management system, quality metrics, human factors, project management issues, software tools and approaches to systems development.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
ASTERIX Introduction of a Process Improvement using Tools to Support System Testing....Pages 3-14
Practical Process Improvement Meets DSP Software Development....Pages 15-25
Bootstrap 3.0 — Software Process Assessment Methodology....Pages 26-37
A Qualitative Approach to Organisational Goal Setting for Information Systems Development....Pages 38-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Experience with Software Quality / Usability Metrics....Pages 53-69
Improving Information Systems Development by Managing Project Risk....Pages 70-80
Information Quality Supported by Meta Model....Pages 81-88
Quality and RAD: A Contradiction in Terms?....Pages 89-105
Transient Quality performance within the ‘SPAN’ of new Software Development Process and Technology establishment....Pages 106-107
Providing Support for the Integration of Structured Methods and Quality Management Systems....Pages 108-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
“Can You Have It All?”: Managing The Time And Budget Against Quality Issue in A Dynamic Business Object Architecture Development....Pages 121-134
Object-Oriented Software Development with Reuse....Pages 135-146
Integration of strategic, tactical and technical OO measurement....Pages 147-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
A Lotus Notes Implementation of A Workflow Automation Tool for ISO 9001 Certification....Pages 161-172
Automatic Software Evaluation Based on Domain Knowledge and Formal Evaluation Specification....Pages 173-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Australian Software Developers Embrace QA Certification....Pages 187-198
Management Systems: the End of the Beginning?....Pages 199-203
Can Quality Survive Amidst Adversity?....Pages 204-208
An Analysis of Obsolescence Risk in It Systems....Pages 209-217
Constructing Standards for Cross-Platform Operation....Pages 218-229
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
The Practical Use and Abuse of Software Metrics....Pages 230-240
A Quality Software Process for Rapid Application Development....Pages 241-259
An integrated Model for Impact Analysis of Software Change....Pages 260-269
Metrics for Estimation....Pages 270-284
Back Matter....Pages 285-285
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