Software quality in 1997
- Software Productivity Research, Inc., Burlington, MA (United States)
For many years, software quality assurance lagged behind hardware quality assurance in terms of methods, metrics, and successful results. New approaches such as Quality Function Deployment (QFD) the ISO 9000-9004 standards, the SEI maturity levels, and Total Quality Management (TQM) are starting to attract wide attention, and in some cases to bring software quality levels up to a parity with manufacturing quality levels. Since software is on the critical path for many engineered products, and for internal business systems as well, the new approaches are starting to affect global competition and attract widespread international interest. It can be hypothesized that success in mastering software quality will be a key strategy for dominating global software markets in the 21st century.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 543320
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970417--; ON: DE97006858
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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