Software product assurance (Panel Discussion)

Abstract

Software buyers and users have a strong desire to be assured of the product's quality. Some techniques to generally improve software quality are reasonably well know—structured walk-throughs, precise statement of requirements, and use of appropriate programming languages. Experience with developing large scale software, however, has indicated that additional techniques are required. This session will deal with some techniques used by developers of large-scale software to achieve quality, and to provide assurance of the product's quality. These techniques are design validation (prior to implementation), configuration management (during implementation), and software validation (of implemented software).