Topic: How do we define Quality?

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   How do we define Quality?
Conformance
to explicitly state functional and performance requirements explicitly
documented development standards, and implicit characteristics that are
expected of all professionally developed software.

The above definition emphasizes three important points.
1.   Software
requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured. Lack of
conformance to requirements is lack of quality.
2.   Specified
standards define a set of development criteria that guide the manner in
which software is engineered. If the criteria are not followed, lack of
quality will almost surely result.
3.   There is a set of implicit
requirements often goes unmentioned. (E.g. the desire of good
maintainability). If software confo

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tanushree Senior Member Joined: 04Apr2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2160	Topic: How do we define Quality? Posted: 15Oct2007 at 3:04am
	How do we define Quality? Conformance to explicitly state functional and performance requirements explicitly documented development standards, and implicit characteristics that are expected of all professionally developed software. The above definition emphasizes three important points. 1. Software requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured. Lack of conformance to requirements is lack of quality. 2. Specified standards define a set of development criteria that guide the manner in which software is engineered. If the criteria are not followed, lack of quality will almost surely result. 3. There is a set of implicit requirements often goes unmentioned. (E.g. the desire of good maintainability). If software confo Post Resume: Click here to Upload your Resume & Apply for Jobs

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