Exam 7: Software Quality and Process Improvement: Metrics, Reviews, and Certification

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Component-level design metrics focus on what three internal characteristics of software components?

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Module cohesion,coupling,and complexity

Describe the costs associated with software quality work?

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-Prevention costs - quality planning,formal technical reviews,test equipment,training
-Appraisal costs - in-process and inter-process inspection,equipment calibration and maintenance,testing
-Internal failure costs - rework,repair,failure mode analysis
-External failure costs - complaint resolution,product return and replacement,help line support,warranty work

List the steps required for certification in cleanroom software engineering.

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-Usage scenarios are created
-A usage profile is specified
-Test cases are generated from the usage profile
-Tests are executed,failure data is recorded and analyzed
-Reliability is computed and recorded

What are the differences between a review summary report and a review issues list?

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What effect do software reviews have on software production costs?

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What are three dimensions of software quality?

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What are the unique characteristics of cleanroom software engineering techniques?

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What is content management?

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List three characteristics of a good software metric.

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What are the advantages of using a formal language to write a software specification?

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What activities make up the roadmap activities for software process improvement?

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What are the goals for the project SQA activities?

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What benefits and costs are used to compute return-on-investment (ROI)?

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List the 3 broad categories of information that make up the software configuration.

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Technical testing metrics fall into two major categories.What are they?

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What are the goals for any product review?

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What is a software configuration audit?

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What is meant by the term software reliability?

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What practices should software engineers follow to enhance the quality of software produced by their team?

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List the tasks performed by the SQA group.

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