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@MISC{Botsford_,
author = {J. E. Botsford and G. Caldiera and G. E. Kaiser and M. I. Kellner and N. H. Madhavji},
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Abstract
process life cycle The goal of developing quality software can be achieved by focusing on the improvement of both product quality and process quality. While the traditional focus has been on product quality, there is an increased awareness of the benefits of improving the quality of the processes used to develop and support those products. These processes are key elements in understanding and improving the practice of software engineering. In this paper, existing objectives for the development and application of models of software processes are restated, and current research sponsored by the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) is discussed as it applies to furthering each of the objectives. A framework is also presented that relates the research work to the various sectors of a software process life cycle. The on-going research involves four universities, CAS, and collaboration with IBM Toronto Laboratory developers. b T he primary concern of the software engineering community is the development and support of quality software. The two basic approaches toward this goal (see Reference 1, for example) are improving product quality and improving process quality. Product quality focuses on end deliverables and is associated with such concepts as rate of fault occurrence, mean time to failure, and other measurable quantities. Known methods exist to improve product quality, such as code reviews. Process quality focuses on the pro-
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product quality process quality quality software end deliverable traditional focus various sector fault occurrence research work primary concern mean time measurable quantity key element current research code review ibm centre software process life cycle basic approach process life cycle software engineering community software process increased awareness ibm toronto laboratory developer on-going research software engineering advanced study
