TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the effectiveness of reliability-assurance techniques
AU - Collofello, James
AU - Woodfield, Scott N.
PY - 1989/3
Y1 - 1989/3
N2 - In the software-development life cycle, various reliability assurance techniques are routinely performed in an attempt to reduce the number of errors in a software product. These reliability-assurance techniques commonly consist of a variety of technical reviews and several levels of testing. Although the utilization of these techniques is growing, there is a lack of quantitative data on their effectiveness. This paper describes two metrics, error-detection efficiency and cost effectiveness, which were used to evaluate the reliability-assurance techniques employed in a large software project. The results of the study are also presented.
AB - In the software-development life cycle, various reliability assurance techniques are routinely performed in an attempt to reduce the number of errors in a software product. These reliability-assurance techniques commonly consist of a variety of technical reviews and several levels of testing. Although the utilization of these techniques is growing, there is a lack of quantitative data on their effectiveness. This paper describes two metrics, error-detection efficiency and cost effectiveness, which were used to evaluate the reliability-assurance techniques employed in a large software project. The results of the study are also presented.
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U2 - 10.1016/0164-1212(89)90039-3
DO - 10.1016/0164-1212(89)90039-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0024631434
SN - 0164-1212
VL - 9
SP - 191
EP - 195
JO - The Journal of Systems and Software
JF - The Journal of Systems and Software
IS - 3
ER -