DocumentCode :
501690
Title :
Applicability of Software Reliability Growth Modeling in the Quality Assurance Phase of a Large Business Software Vendor
Author :
Beckhaus, Arne ; Karg, Lars M. ; Hanselmann, Gerrit
Author_Institution :
SAP Res., Darmstadt, Germany
Volume :
1
fYear :
2009
fDate :
20-24 July 2009
Firstpage :
209
Lastpage :
215
Abstract :
Software reliability growth modeling aims to use data on experienced failures for prediction of future quality levels. We analyze the applicability of this approach in the context of business software that is still in the quality assurance phase and has not been released to the customer yet. We find that the approach is not applicable in our research setup that is characterized by an agile process organization. We identify qualitative reasons why the models´ assumptions are violated in our industrial case study and conduct a quantitative analysis whether data availability challenges can be addressed by mapping issue tracking data as the only available data source to the required system under test execution time. The derived metrics support managers in their decision whether their processes are suited for software reliability growth modeling.
Keywords :
software metrics; software quality; software reliability; agile process organization; business software vendor; quality assurance phase; quantitative analysis; software reliability growth modeling; Application software; Computer applications; Computer industry; Data analysis; Operating systems; Predictive models; Quality assurance; Software quality; Software reliability; Testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2009. COMPSAC '09. 33rd Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
ISSN :
0730-3157
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3726-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/COMPSAC.2009.196
Filename :
5254261
Link To Document :
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