CONTENIDO:DEFINING SOFTWARE QUALITY AND ECONOMIC VALUE
Defining Software Quality
Defining Economic Value and Defining the Value of Software Quality
Summary and Conclusions
ESTIMATING AND MEASURING SOFTWARE QUALITY
Using Function Point Metrics for Defect Potentials
Software Defect Potentials
Estimating Software Defect Prevention
Estimating Software Defect Detection and Defect Removal
Measuring Application Structural Quality
Examples of Structural Quality Assessments
Three Problems That Distort Software Economic Analysis
Summary and Conclusions on Software Quality Estimation and Measurement
SOFTWARE DEFECT PREVENTION
Analysis of Defect Prevention Results
Summary and Conclusions of Software Defect Prevention
PRETEST DEFECT REMOVAL
Small Project Pretest Defect Removal
Large System Pretest Defect Removal
Analysis of Pretest Defect Removal Activities
Summary and Conclusions about Pretest Defect Removal
SOFTWARE TESTING
Summary and Conclusions on Software Testing
POST-RELEASE DEFECT REMOVAL
User and Industry Costs from Post-Release Defects
Summary and Conclusions on Post-Release Defects
ANALYZING THE ECONOMICS OF SOFTWARE QUALITY
The Economic Value of Software
Economic Impact of Low-Quality and High-Quality Software
Summary and Conclusions on the Economics of Software Quality
References and Readings
Index
