Software Quality Assessments and Recommendations

SQUARE - CP94-840

Keywords: quality control, software assessment, software quality improvement

Start Date: 1 March 95 / Status: finished / Duration: 24 months

Objectivies and Approach

The aim of this project is to improve software quality in four software producing units from Central and Eastern Europe. This will be done by:

assessing the software producing unit's position compared to other similar units (sites, projects) in terms of organisation, methodology and technology, identifying the key areas in their software development process where improvement is most needed;
defining an action plan with clear recommendations to improve their software quality;
providing guidance during the implementation of the action plan.

The project will use the BOOTSTRAP method, which will itself be improved through additional support for action plan definition and guidance during implementation.

European links: The project builds on the results of the ESPRIT project BOOTSTRAP (5441).

Information Dissemination Activities and/or Exploitation

The exploitation of the results will be achieved through:

improved software quality in four user organisations,
continuing use of the method by the four user organisations to further improve software quality in their organisations,
application of the software quality improvement method to other organisations as a commercial consultancy service,
dissemination of the results of the project to the BOOTSTRAP community.

Coordinator

E2S n.v.
Technologiepark 5
B-9052 Zwijnaarde, B

EU Partners

E2S n.v., B

Non-EU Partners

GEOMETRIA, HU
Vocational Training Center of the National Power Authority, RO
MIT-SOFT, LT
SIVECO ROMANIA SRL, RO

CONTACT POINT

Mr. Johan Galle
Tel: +32 9 221 03 83
Fax: +32 9 220 31 91
E-mail: jgl@e2s.be