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Towards a Framework for Software Product Maturity Measurement

Authors:
Mohammad Alshayeb
Ahmad Abdellatif
Sami Zahran
Mahmood Niazi

Keywords: Product Quality; Software Product Maturity; Product Maturity Assessment; Product Maturity Levels; Product Maturity Model Integration (PMMI); Product Maturity Assessment Method (PMAM).

Abstract:
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a software process improvement model that aims at improving the processes of the software development. CMMI focuses on the “process quality” instead of “product quality”. Studies have shown that focusing on “process quality” alone does not guarantee the quality of the produced software, whereas equal attention to product quality is also essential for ensuring the overall software quality. The objective of this paper is to present the initial structure of the framework we propose to measure and assess the software product maturity level. The measure we use for the product maturity is the level of the product compliance with the internal and external quality attributes defined in the stakeholders’ requirements. In this framework, we focus on the quality of the product of the process. The proposed framework will help assess the quality of the software product through assessment of the final software deliverable. Successful implementation of the proposed framework will provide a better insight of the software product quality, hence its maturity. We refer to any deliverable code as a product.

Pages: 7 to 11

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: November 15, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-438-1

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from November 15, 2015 to November 20, 2015