Assurance of Software Quality

AssuranceofSoftwareQualitySEICurriculumModuleSEI-CM-7-1.1(Preliminary)July1987BradleyJ.BrownBoeingMilitaryAirplaneCompanySoftwareEngineeringInstituteCarnegieMellonUniversityThisworkwassponsoredbytheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.Approvedforpublicrelease.Distributionunlimited.TheSoftwareEngineeringInstitute(SEI)isafederallyfundedresearchanddevelopmentcenter,operatedbyCarnegieMellonUniversityundercontractwiththeUnitedStatesDepartmentofDefense.TheSEIEducationProgramisdevelopingawiderangeofmaterialstosupportsoftwareengineeringeducation.Acurriculummoduleidentifiesandoutlinesthecontentofaspecifictopicarea,andisintendedtobeusedbyaninstructorindesigningacourse.Asupportmaterialspackageincludesmaterialshelpfulinteachingacourse.Othermaterialsunderdevelopmentincludetextbooksandeducationalsoftwaretools.SEIeducationalmaterialsarebeingmadeavailabletoeducatorsthroughouttheacademic,industrial,andgovernmentcommunities.TheuseofthesematerialsinacoursedoesnotinanywayconstituteanendorsementofthecoursebytheSEI,byCarnegieMellonUniversity,orbytheUnitedStatesgovernment.SEIcurriculummodulesmaybecopiedorincorporatedintoothermaterials,butnotforprofit,providedthatappropriatecreditisgiventotheSEIandtotheoriginalauthorofthematerials.RequestsforadditionalinformationshouldbeaddressedtotheDirectorofEducation,SoftwareEngineeringInstitute,CarnegieMellonUniversity,Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania15213.CommentsonSEImaterialsaresolicited,andmaybesenttotheDirectorofEducation,ortothemoduleauthor.BradleyJ.BrownManager,SoftwareQualityAssuranceBoeingMilitaryAirplaneCompanyP.O.Box7730M\S32-24Wichita,Kansas67217Copyright1987byCarnegieMellonUniversityThistechnicalreportwaspreparedfortheSEIJointProgramOfficeESD/XRSHanscomAFB,MA01731TheideasandfindingsinthisreportshouldnotbeconstruedasanofficialDoDposition.Itispublishedintheinterestofscientificandtechnicalinformationexchange.ReviewandApprovalThisreporthasbeenreviewedandisapprovedforpublication.FORTHECOMMANDERKarlH.ShinglerSEIJointProgramOfficeESDReportNumber:ESD-TR-87-125AssuranceofSoftwareQualityContentsCapsuleDescription1Philosophy1Objectives1PrerequisiteKnowledge2ModuleContent3Outline3AnnotatedOutline3TeachingConsiderations11Exercises11Bibliographies13Books13Papers13SEI-CM-7-1.1(Preliminary)iiiAssuranceofSoftwareQualityModuleRevisionHistoryVersion1.1(July1987)formatchangesfortitlepageandfrontmatterVersion1.0(April1987)originalversionivSEI-CM-7-1.1(Preliminary)AssuranceofSoftwareQualityfiedrequirements.CapsuleDescriptionAmoduleonAssuranceofSoftwareQualityisre-Thismodulepresentstheunderlyingphilosophyandquiredinadditiontotheothermodulestreatingsoft-associatedprinciplesandpracticesrelatedtotheas-waredevelopmentbecauseoftheuniquefunctionalsuranceofsoftwarequality.Itincludesadescriptionroleinherentintheassuranceofsoftwarequality.oftheassuranceactivitiesassociatedwiththephasesMostoftheactivitiesandfunctionsinthesoftwareofthesoftwaredevelopmentlife-cycle(e.g.,require-developmentprocessareproductorientedand,asments,design,test,etc.).such,arenearlyisolatedfromotheractivitiesandfunctionsinthesoftwaredevelopmentprocess.As-suranceofsoftwarequality,ontheotherhand,isaprocessorientedfunctionwhichisinherentlyin-volvedwitheveryactivityandfunctionofthesoft-Philosophywaredevelopmentprocess.Thismodulepresentstheconceptsunderlyingtheas-suranceofsoftwarequalityasafunctionofthesoft-waredevelopmentprocess.Specifically,thismod-uleprovides:Objectives1.abasicunderstandingoftheconceptofqual-Astudentwhohasworkedthroughthismoduleityasitrelatestosoftwareshouldbeableto:2.anexplanationoftheconceptofsoftware1.explaintheconceptofassuranceofsoftwarequalityassuranceasitrelatestothesoftwarequality,anddiscusstherelationshipofsoft-developmentprocesswarequalityassurancetothephasesofthe3.anoverviewoftheindustryandgovernmentsoftwaredevelopmentprocessstandardsrelatedtosoftware2.discussmethodsrelatedtoassuranceofqual-4.anexaminationofprocessesrelatedtosoft-ityofsoftwareproductswaredefectreporting,resolution,andanal-3.describetheconceptoftraceability,identifyysistraceableproducts,anddiscussschemesfor5.anexplanationofrequirementstraceabilityimplementingandusingtraceabilityandcorrelation,andtheuseoftraceabilityto4.definethecharacteristicsofsoftwarenon-demonstrateofsatisfactionofrequirementsconformancereporting,identifyrelatedin-6.anexaminationofmethodsusedtodocu-formationanalysis,anddiscussnon-mentassuranceactivitiesconformanceresolutionincludingcorrective7.anexaminationofthesocialfactorsinvolvedactionastothecauseofthenon-ininfluencingtheactionsofpersonsdespiteconformanceanadversarialrelationship5.demonstrateawarenessofthesocialfactorsThismoduleprovidestheconceptsunderlyingthepredominantinsystemnon-conformancedevelopment,implementation,andmaintenanceofaresolutionandcorrectiveaction,andknowsoftwarequalityassuranceprogramwhichassureshowtoachievecooperationinspiteofanad-thattheprocessusedinthedevelopmentofsoftwareversarialrelationshipresultsinaproductwhichcomplieswiththespeci-6.identifythecomponentsofsoftwaredocu-SEI-CM-7-1.1(Preliminary)1AssuranceofSoftwareQualitymen