A prototype tool for QUPER to support release planning of quality requirements

Abstract

Release planning plays an important role for the success of a software product vendor that develops software-intensive incremental products. It is important that the software product is released to the market at the right time, and offers higher quality than the competitors. However, an especially challenging problem for a software product vendor is to set the right quality target in relation to future market demands and competitor products. In this paper, we present a prototype for QUPER, a special-purpose tool for supporting release planning of quality requirements. The applicability of the QUPER prototype tool is demonstrated through academic and industrial evaluations. The study showed that the tool provides a clear overview of the current market situation by the generated roadmaps, and to reach an alignment between practitioners, e.g., product managers and developers, of what level of quality is actually needed.