A comprehensive and aggressive quality assurance program as a foundation for improving software productivity

6 January 2003

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. se 13, 147-154
https://doi.org/10.1109/cmpsac.1988.17165

Abstract

A quality assurance program was used as the foundation for improving software productivity in a real-world, software development project, i.e. the Packet Processor (Pacor). The project, which was the development of a complex real-time software system, is described in terms of its technical scope, development methodology, and development environment. The quality assurance program is described in detail. The software development productivity of the project and the quality of the delivered software are shown to be excellent. It is concluded that an aggressive quality assurance program is a prerequisite to increasing productivity.

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