The predicament of "how much" software quality
M.U. Shakeel · 2004
The notion of software quality is very vague and it tends to vary from person to person. A great problem that a software project manager of today faces is "how much" software quality is needed for a particular project, or even if this idea of "how much" can be applied towards software quality and if it is possible to achieve software that is completely flawless. However from a user's perspective, software is getting more and more common and more and more important, but it doesn't seem to be getting more and more reliable. We propose a model to measure or define the relationship of software quality with other aspects of the software engineering process. We also explore two approaches (pragmatist, idealistic) for the amount of resources needed to be spent towards software quality. We conclude by proposing a model which measures the amount of resources required to be spent on software quality based on the purpose that the software is tend to perform.