Using guidelines to improve quality in software nonfunctional attributes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
Software development aims to produce software systems that satisfy two requirement categories: functional and quality. One aspect of software quality is nonfunctional attributes (NFAs), such as security, performance, and availability. Software engineers can meet NFA requirements by applying suitable guidelines during software development. However, this process is complicated by the different effects of different guidelines on NFA quality and the relationships among the guidelines themselves. Thus, finding a suitable set of guidelines is not straightforward. This article introduces a step-by-step approach that gives software engineers a suitable guideline set to apply to improve NFA quality during the software development life cycle. The approach manages the effects different guidelines have on both the attributes and the relationships among the guidelines.
Keywords
Software quality, Step by step method, Software development
Divisions
Software
Publication Title
IEEE Software
Volume
28
Issue
6
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Additional Information
Times Cited: 1 Hneif, Malik Lee, Sai Peck