NDLI: Assessment of product maintainability for two space domain simulators

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Alves, T.L.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: University of Minho, Portugal (Alves, T.L.)
Abstract	The software life-cycle of applications supporting space missions follows a rigorous process in order to ensure the application compliance with all the specified requirements. Ensuring the correct behavior of the application is critical since an error can lead, ultimately, to the loss of a complete space mission. However, it is not only important to ensure the correct behavior of the application but also to achieve good product quality since the applications need to be maintained for several years. Then, the question arises, is a rigorous process enough to guarantee good product maintainability? In this paper we assess the software product maintainability of two simulators used to support space missions. The assessment is done using both a standardized analysis, using the SIG quality model for maintainability, and a customized copyright license analysis. The assessment results revealed several quality problems leading to three lessons. First, rigorous process requirements by themselves do not ensure product quality. Second, quality models can be used not only to pinpoint code problems but also to reveal team issues. Finally, tailored analyses, complementing quality models, are necessary for in-depth investigation of quality.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	7
File Size	286605
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424486304
ISSN	10636773
e-ISBN	9781424486298
e-ISBN	9781424486281
DOI	10.1109/ICSM.2010.5609752
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-09-12
Publisher Place	Romania
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Licenses Software Testing Analytical models Java Complexity theory Libraries
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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