Title :
Identifying and measuring quality in a software requirements specification
Author :
Davis, Alan ; Overmyer, Scott ; Jordan, Kathleen ; Caruso, Joseph ; Dandashi, Fatma ; Dinh, Anhtum ; Kincaid, Gary ; Ledeboer, Glen ; Reynolds, Patricia ; Sitaram, Pradip ; Ta, Anh ; Theofanos, Mary
Author_Institution :
Colorado Univ., Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Abstract :
Numerous treatises exist that define appropriate qualities that should be exhibited by a well written software requirements specification (SRS). In most cases these are vaguely defined. The paper explores thoroughly the concept of quality in an SRS and defines attributes that contribute to that quality. Techniques for measuring these attributes are suggested
Keywords :
formal specification; software metrics; software reliability; quality; software metrics; software requirements specification; Costs; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Programming; Software measurement; Software metrics; Software quality; Software systems; Springs; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Metrics Symposium, 1993. Proceedings., First International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3740-4
DOI :
10.1109/METRIC.1993.263792
