Using the Rome Laboratory framework and implementation guidebook as the basis for an international software quality metric standard

Rome Laboratory has been at the forefront of exploration and development techniques designed to improve software management with tools useful in improving the control and cost of software system development. The paper defines the software quality measurements problem, explores software quality measurement system implementation concerns, summarizes the evolution of software quality measurement as a enhancement to modern software development techniques, reviews current and past Rome Laboratory software quality measurement initiatives, outlines several case studies of Rome Laboratory Software Quality Framework applications during the past fifteen years, and provides a brief overview of the Rome Laboratory Framework implementation guidebook.