Title :
How Much Software Quality Investment Is Enough: A Value-Based Approach
Author :
Huang, LiGuo ; Boehm, Barry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
This article draws on results from the emerging field of value-based software engineering (VBSE). VBSE aims to provide a quantitative approach to questions as how much software quality investment is enough. Based on the COCOMO II cost-estimation model and the COQUALMO quality-estimation model, quantitative risk analysis helps determine when to stop testing software and release the product. Further, we show how the model and approach can assess the relative payoff of value-based testing as compared to value-neutral testing
Keywords :
investment; risk analysis; software cost estimation; software quality; COCOMO II cost-estimation model; COQUALMO quality-estimation model; quantitative risk analysis; software quality investment; value-based software engineering; Application software; Books; Costs; Investments; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Software engineering; Software quality; Software reusability; Testing; COCOMO; COQUALMO; cost-benefit analysis; software cost/schedule estimation; software quality; software risk assessment; software testing; value-based software engineering;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2006.127
