NDLI: A Methodology for Continuos Quality Assessment of Software Artefacts

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Rodríguez, M. Genero, M. Torre, D. Blasco, B. Piattini, M.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Although some methodologies for evaluating the quality of software artifacts exist, all of these are isolated proposals, which focus on specific artifacts and apply specific evaluation techniques. There is no generic and flexible methodology that allows quality evaluation of any kind of software artifact, regardless of type, much less a tool that supports this. To tackle that problem in this paper, we propose the CQA Environment, consisting of a methodology (CQA-Meth) and a tool that implements it (CQA-Tool). We began applying this environment in the evaluation of the quality of UML models (use cases, class and statechart diagrams). To do so, we have connected CQA-Tool to the different tools needed to assess the quality of models, which we also built ourselves. CQA-Tool, apart from implementing the methodology, provides the capacity for building a catalogue of evaluation techniques that integrates the evaluation techniques (e.g. metrics, checklists, modeling conventions, guidelines, etc.) which are available for each software artifact. CQA Environment is suitable for use by companies that offer software quality evaluation services, especially for clients who are software development organizations and who are outsourcing software construction. They will obtain an independent quality evaluation of the software products they acquire. Software development organizations that perform their own evaluation will be able to use it as well.
Starting Page	254
Ending Page	261
File Size	470784
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424480784
ISSN	15506002
e-ISBN	9780769541310
DOI	10.1109/QSIC.2010.24
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-07-14
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Decision support systems Software CQA-Tool software quality quality evaluation software models UML models methodology CQA Environment CQA-Meth
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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