Dynamic COQUALMO: Defect Profiling over Development Cycles

  • Authors:
  • Dan Houston;Douglas Buettner;Myron Hecht

  • Affiliations:
  • The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, 90009;The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, 90009;The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, 90009

  • Venue:
  • ICSP '09 Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Process: Trustworthy Software Development Processes
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Various techniques have been used for managing software quality, including those that predict defect counts over time. This paper introduces a simulation model based on COQUALMO, which can be calibrated to organizational process performance for estimating counts of residual defects. This simulator has the additional benefit of producing a set of estimated defectivity profiles over a software development cycle. Such a set of profiles can be used to support quality management decisions regarding the amount and level of defect removal activities to be applied during a development cycle.