Category Archives: ISO9126

03/10/2010

How to measure software quality – Starting out

Process quality has been very popular over the past two decades.  From CMM and ISO9001 to 6 sigma, Lean, BPM & beyond we have seen a large body of work produced on the premise that “the quality of the process … Continue reading →

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21/01/2010

Improve project efficiency and effectiveness by dealing with quality part 2

OK, so once you have defined the quality activities required for each deliverable, you are now in a position to start identifying quality requirements for the deliverables – hardware, software, documents, scripts. This is where many projects really fall down … Continue reading →

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15/01/2010

Improve project efficiency and effectiveness by dealing with quality – Part 1

Despite industry efforts over decades of work, many projects and project managers have difficulties in managing quality. Quality management as a discipline has been with us for a long time.  The two best known project management methods – PMBOK and … Continue reading →

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24/09/2009

Experiences Reviewing KPI/metric Efficiency Part 2 of 2

C. What data is collected automatically (including tool integration) The only data collected automatically was the defects.  A Microsoft Access based tool was used to record and track defects encountered on the project. Everything else was recorded on paper and … Continue reading →

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24/09/2009

Experiences Reviewing KPI/metric Efficiency Part 1 of 2

I’ve spoken a lot about metrics in the past and I was asked by a client to go through the steps involved in reviewing the efficiency of metrics with examples. Using our checklists is cool, but he also wanted some … Continue reading →

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24/08/2009

Reviewing Efficiency & Effectiveness Of Your Company KPI/Metrics Program

Most companies collect various metrics.  But are they the best ones to collect?  How do you know if you are getting good value for the effect expended in collecting and reporting KPIs/metrics? You can use this list to get a … Continue reading →

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22/01/2009

Another example of using ISO9126 to measure software quality

The second example of using ISO9126 to define and measure software quality was a customer management system that was to be developed and delivered as Software As A Service. The company was relatively new – it had existed for only … Continue reading →

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20/01/2009

An example of using ISO9126 to measure software quality

We had the good fortune recently of two customers wanting to use ISO9126 as a basis for defining and measuring software product quality. The first was an application and case management system based around Oracle.  This was to be their … Continue reading →

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19/01/2009

How to measure software quality with ISO9126- and when to NOT use it

One of the key benefits of using ISO9126 is that it provides a very detailed mechanism to define what quality means to a project (or customer!) and a means to measure it.  Rather than saying “we need this product to … Continue reading →

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16/01/2009

How to measure software quality on a shoestring – Part 2

Now you might be wondering why some of those tasks are need?  It’s more about putting in place the method/process infrastructure.  When a company wants to improve, they often don’t know exactly where – perhaps releases have slipped, revenue/profit is … Continue reading →

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