A Survey on Quality Attributes and Quality Models for Embedded Software

2021 ◽  
pp. 1114-1132
Author(s):  
Zouheyr Tamrabet ◽  
Toufik Marir ◽  
Farid MOKHATI
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Embedded Software ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Quality Engineering ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
Software Failures

This article describes how software quality engineering is an inevitable activity, which must be accomplished during software development process in order to avoid software failures and ensuring its quality. Embedded systems are computer platforms, which require high quality software. Many researchers interested in embedded systems have demonstrated that the quality of the embedded software has a significant effect on the performances of the entire system. In the literature, several works have been emerged from this line of research. The aim of this article is to present a survey of the most important works, which deal with embedded software quality engineering. A comparative study is also given in order to show strengths and weaknesses of each work.

A Survey on Quality Attributes and Quality Models for Embedded Software

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Zouheyr Tamrabet ◽  
Toufik Marir ◽  
Farid MOKHATI
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Embedded Software ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Quality Engineering ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
Software Failures

This article describes how software quality engineering is an inevitable activity, which must be accomplished during software development process in order to avoid software failures and ensuring its quality. Embedded systems are computer platforms, which require high quality software. Many researchers interested in embedded systems have demonstrated that the quality of the embedded software has a significant effect on the performances of the entire system. In the literature, several works have been emerged from this line of research. The aim of this article is to present a survey of the most important works, which deal with embedded software quality engineering. A comparative study is also given in order to show strengths and weaknesses of each work.

ESQuMo an Embedded Software Quality Model

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Embedded System ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Embedded Software ◽  
Quality Attributes ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
Standard Quality ◽  
The Embedded System

Embedded systems are increasingly used in our daily life due to their importance. They are computer platforms consisting of hardware and software. They run specific tasks to realize functional and non functional requirements. Several specific quality attributes were identified as relevant to the embedded system domain. However, the existent general quality models do not address clearly these specific quality attributes. Hence, the proposition of quality models which address the relevant quality attributes of embedded systems needs more attention and investigation. The major goal of this paper is to propose a new quality model (called ESQuMo for Embedded Software Quality Model) which provides a better understanding of quality in the context of embedded software. Besides, it focuses the light on the relevant attributes of the embedded software and addresses clearly the importance of these attributes. In fact, ESQuMo is based on the well-established ISO/IEC 25010 standard quality model.

On the Maturity of Software Maintenance and Other IT Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 51-74
Author(s):  
Frank Niessink
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Software Maintenance ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Technical Quality ◽  
It Services ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Functional Quality

In this chapter, we examine the differences between software maintenance and software development from a service point of view, and the consequences thereof for the maturity of software maintenance organizations. We argue that software maintenance can be seen as providing a service, whereas software development is primarily concerned with the development of products. Differences between products and services affect the way in which customers assess their respective quality. In particular, service quality is assessed in two dimensions: the technical quality — what the result of the service is — and the functional quality — how the service is delivered. Consequently, customers will judge the quality of software maintenance differently from that of software development. This in turn means that to deliver high quality results in software maintenance, both the functional quality and the technical quality dimension are important.

Relating Software Quality Models and Process Methods to User Value

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed A Sheriff ◽  
Elli Georgiadou
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
Software Quality Management ◽  
Risk Management Process ◽  
User Value

The ultimate object of software development should be to deliver value to all stakeholders. The traditional approach to delivering this value is to ensure that the software developed is of the highest quality. A number of quality models have been proposed to specify or describe what constitutes high quality software. The ISO9126 is one such model and perhaps the most comprehensive. Similarly, there are several methods, frameworks and guidelines for ensuring software quality in either the development or use process or both. Software Quality Management and Risk Management are probably the two most popular methods employed by developers during software development and implementation to deliver quality. In this paper the authors examine whether, and to what extent, the implied value propositions of software products as portrayed by the ISO9126 quality model and the prescribed processes in Software Quality Management and Risk Management, map onto user value perceptions and experiences. An ontology of value, in the form of a value tree, is developed and used to identify and analyse the key value dimensions of the ISO9126 quality model and the Software Quality Management and Risk Management process methods. These are then mapped onto contextualised user value characterisations derived from the extant literature. Differences identified are analysed and discussed and the authors suggest approaches that could narrow the perennial gap between idealised quality product and process models and stakeholder perceptions and actualisations of software value.

Software Engineering and Software Quality Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 926-930 ◽  
pp. 2642-2645
Author(s):  
Wen Hong Liu ◽  
Chun Yan Wang ◽  
Li Ge
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Software Reliability ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Software Quality Management ◽  
Management Method

As the rapid development of social informatization, software reliability and security are highly required. Only applying high-quality software products can increase work efficiency. Quality is the life of software. How to enhance the quality of software products and how to use effective quality management method is an urgent need. This paper discuss the key point of software engineering and software quality management, and this is the basis of software quality ensurance model.

scholarly journals Proposed Metrics for Process Capability Analysis in Improving Software Quality: An Empirical Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
K Sridhar Patnaik ◽  
Pooja Jha
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Software Project ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Cost Constraints ◽  
Capability Analysis ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
The Impact

A software project faces its top expense on defect removal; thereby delaying the schedules. There has been increasing demand for high quality software. Here, high quality software means, delivering defect free software and meeting the predictable results within time and cost constraints. Software defect prediction strives to improve software quality and testing efficiency. The research work presented here is an empirical study and analyzes importance of different metrics used in the organization. The paper examines the impact of LSL and USL, known as organization baselines, on various projects and proposes four metrics for capability analysis metrics. These can prove beneficial for categorizing the process of software development. These metrics aim to improve the ongoing software development process and are helpful in determining the quality of these processes in terms of their specification limits. Also, the paper attempts to justify the probability of the values related to the data provided by normal distribution or Gaussian distribution.

scholarly journals Design Patterns as Laws of Quality

2011 ◽  
pp. 104-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yann-Gaël Gueheneuc ◽  
Jean-Yves Guyomarc’h ◽  
Khashayar Khosravi ◽  
Hourari Sahraoui
Keyword(s):  
Software Quality ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
First Case ◽  
Software Quality Models

Software quality models link internal attributes of programs with external quality characteristics. They help in understanding relationships among internal attributes and between internal attributes and quality characteristics. Object-oriented software quality models usually use metrics on classes (such as number of methods) or on relationships between classes (for example coupling) to measure internal attributes of programs. However, the quality of object-oriented programs does not depend on classes solely: it depends on the organisation of classes also. We propose an approach to build quality models using patterns to consider program architectures. We justify the use of patterns to build quality models, describe the advantages and limitations of such an approach, and introduce a first case study in building and in applying a quality model using design patterns on the JHotDraw, JUnit, and Lexi programs. We conclude on the advantages of using patterns to build software quality models and on the difficulty of doing so.

A Review of Software Quality Methodologies

2012 ◽  
pp. 129-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saqib Saeed ◽  
Farrukh Masood Khawaja ◽  
Zaigham Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Pervasive Systems ◽  
Development Lifecycle ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Software Development Lifecycle ◽  
Reliable Software

Pervasive systems and increased reliance on embedded systems require that the underlying software is properly tested and has in-built high quality. The approaches often adopted to realize software systems have inherent weaknesses that have resulted in less robust software applications. The requirement of reliable software suggests that quality needs to be instilled at all stages of a software development paradigms, especially at the testing stages of the development cycle ensuring that quality attributes and parameters are taken into account when designing and developing software. In this respect, numerous tools, techniques, and methodologies have also been proposed. In this chapter, the authors present and review different methodologies employed to improve the software quality during the software development lifecycle.

scholarly journals COMPONENT-BASED EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND A GENERIC ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENT

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 107-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIA CAI ◽  
MICHAEL R. LYU ◽  
KAM-FAI WONG
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Digital Signal Processor ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Embedded Software ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Assessment Environment ◽  
Flexible Component

Embedded software is used to control the functions of mechanical and physical devices by dedicated digital signal processor and computers. Nowadays, heterogeneous and collaborative embedded software systems are widely adopted to engage the physical world. To make such software extremely reliable, very efficient and highly flexible, component-based embedded software development can be employed for the complex embedded systems, especially those based on object-oriented (OO) approaches. In this paper, we introduce a component-based embedded software framework and the features it inherits. We propose a quality assurance (QA) model for component-based embedded software development, which covers both the component QA and the system QA as well as their interactions. Furthermore, we propose a generic quality assessment environment for component-based embedded systems: ComPARE. ComPARE can be used to assess real-life off-the-shelf components and to evaluate and validate the models selected for their evaluation. The overall component-based embedded systems can then be composed and analyzed seamlessly.

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