Software Excellence: A Total Quality Management Guide - Hardcover

Moriguchi, Shigeichi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563270501 ISBN 13: 9781563270505

Publisher: Productivity Press, 1997

Synopsis

Thanks to the great success of the QC movement, quality assurance has taken root in the earliest stages of technology development. Software Excellence addresses the assumption that software cannot be built without bugs. The author argues that the application of total quality principles and tools to software development will eliminate the lengthy and costly step of debugging that has become an accepted phase of software development.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Message
Preface
Editor's Foreword--Tadashi Yoshizawa
Editor's Foreword--Motohiro Higashi
List of Editors and Authors

PART 1 -- QUALITY CONTROL METHODOLOGY
Chapter One: High-Quality Software
Chapter Two: Total Quality Management (TQM)
Chapter Three: Methods of Quality Control (QC)

PART 2 -- QUALITY PROCESSES APPLIED TO SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter Four: Software Quality Control and Small-Group Activities in Software
Chapter Five: High-Reliability Software
Chapter Six: Software Development and Modularization
Chapter Seven: Software Documentation
Chapter Eight: Software Engineering
Chapter Nine: Change Management
Chapter Ten: Quality Improvement in Reuse
Chapter Eleven: Quality Function Deployment for Software Development
Chapter Twelve: Examples of Quality Measurement Systems
Chapter Thirteen: Methods for Quantitative Measurement and Evaluation of Quality
Chapter Fourteen: Production Planning for Software Products
Chapter Fifteen: Software Technology Management
Chapter Sixteen: Quality Design and Management Planning
Chapter Seventeen: Review and Process-Specific Management
Chapter Eighteen: Test Management and Audits
Chapter Nineteen: Maintenance Management
Glossary of Acronyms
Index

About this title

Synopsis

The most significant problem software developers face is eliminating bugs in new programs. This book addresses head on the assumption that software cannot be built without bugs. The application of the total quality principles and tools to software development is meant to eliminate the lengthy and costly step of debugging that has become an accepted phase of software development. Thanks to the great success of the QC movement, quality assurance has taken root in the earliest stages of hardware development. Software Excellence is the first book to thoroughly apply the arsenal of Japanese-style quality control methods to software development. From QFD to the seven new tools of quality control, this book is dedicated to taking you on a process journey in search of bug-free software.

Edition details

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563270501
• ISBN 13: 9781563270505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640