Software quality evaluation: a bibliometric analysis and future perspectives

The theme of “Software Quality Evaluation”, and its importance, concerns the standardization of the development processes, in order to guarantee a higher quality of the systems. In this scenario, this theme has gained importance in academic research, due to the emphasis that the theme has increasingly presented to organizations, since they understand that the main objective is to guarantee a final product that satisfies the expectations of the client. In order to verify the scientific scenario in recent years, this work aims to carry out a review of the literature on “Software Quality Evaluation”, based on a bibliometric analysis and review. For this, the method of bibliographic revision with four different phases proposed by Marasco (2008) was used. From the data extracted from the Scopus database, the results of the systematic review and bibliometric analysis were analyzed from the information on publications, citations and approaches of the papers that deal with this subject. As results, the present article showed the academic and practical importance of the studies on “Software Quality Evaluation”. In addition, it is possible to identify gaps in the scientific literature that can be filled by future work in the area, based on the studies developed by specialists

The adaptation of ISO 9126 and ISO 17799 standard for evaluation of Golden Hope Estate Computer System 4 (GH-ECS4)-oil palm and payroll module for Golden Hope Internal Audit Department

There are a lot of techniques that can be used for the evaluation of software products. However, Golden Hope Internal Audit Department has yet to use any techniques as to measure its in-house software products especially its newly developed Golden Hope Estate Computer System 4. The technique that is used for this technical report is Factor Criteria Metrics (FCM) that was predefined in the ISO 9126 standard to measure each characteristic of software attributes. This technical report will explain on how to derive with the metrics for software measurement instead of using the abovementioned technique and readers will be guided through the implementation of software product evaluation based on ISO standards i.e. ISO 14598 (Software Engineering - product evaluation process), and ISO 17799 (Information Technology- Code of Practice for Information Security Management). This technical report also describes on how to tailor the abovementioned standards to suit Golden Hope Web Based Estate Computer System evaluations. As business needs and technology evolved, the field of software development keep on introducing new approaches and methodologies in order to produce software project that satisfies or exceeds customer’s expectations, developed in a timely and economical fashion, better quality and resilient to change and adaptation. Therefore, Golden Hope Internal Audit Department also has taken one step ahead to ensure its practices in software evaluations are benchmarking International Standards. The tailored process of product evaluation will be developed as a reference for Golden Hope Internal Audit Department to face the challenge in supporting business environment in the future

SOFTWARE REUSE: SURVEY AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Software reuse is the use of software resources from all stages of the software development process in new applications. Given the high cost and difficulty of developing high quality software, the idea of capitalizing on previous software investments is appealing. However, software reuse has not been as effective as expected and has not been very broadly or systematically used in industry. This paper surveys recent software reuse research using a framework that helps identify and organize the many factors that must be considered to achieve the benefits of software reuse in practice. We argue that software reuse needs to be viewed in the context of a total systems approach that addresses a broad range of technical, economic, managerial, organizational and legal issues and conclude with a summary of the major research issues in each of these areas.Information Systems Working Papers Serie

Formal Methods in Dependable Systems Engineering : A Survey of Professionals from Europe and North America

Context: Formal methods (FMs) have been around for a while, still being unclear how to leverage their benefits, overcome their challenges, and set new directions for their improvement towards a more successful transfer into practice. Objective: We study the use of formal methods in mission-critical software domains, examining industrial and academic views. Method: We perform a cross-sectional on-line survey. Results: Our results indicate an increased intent to apply FMs in industry, suggesting a positively perceived usefulness. But the results also indicate a negatively perceived ease of use. Scalability, skills, and education seem to be among the key challenges to support this intent. Conclusions: We present the largest study of this kind so far (N = 216), and our observations provide valuable insights, highlighting directions for future theoretical and empirical research of formal methods. Our findings are strongly coherent with earlier observations by Austin and Parkin (1993)

SOFTWARE REUSE: SURVEY AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Software reuse is the use of software resources from all stages of the software development process in new applications. Given the high cost and difficulty of developing high quality software, the idea of capitalizing on previous software investments is appealing. However, software reuse has not been as effective as expected and has not been very broadly or systematically used in industry. This paper surveys recent software reuse research using a framework that helps identify and organize the many factors that must be considered to achieve the benefits of software reuse in practice. We argue that software reuse needs to be viewed in the context of a total systems approach that addresses a broad range of technical, economic, managerial, organizational and legal issues and conclude with a summary of the major research issues in each of these areas.Information Systems Working Papers Serie