Maryoly Ortega

Quality Measurement Model for Analysis and Design Tools Based on FLOSS

The selection of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) tools for Analysis and Design (A&D) is a hard task due to their complexity, their wide variety within the market, and their functionality level. This article aims at introducing a group of quality features to evaluate FLOSS tools for A&D. Such features are presented based on the perspective of the Software Quality Systemic Model (MOSCA), inspired by ISO/IEC 9126 [9], Dromeys quality model [5] and the Goal-Question-Metrics (GQM) Paradigm. This model includes attributes such as functionality, usability and maintainability, and establishes 52 new metrics for a total of 102 metrics that allow evaluating FLOSS tools for A&D within a specific context. Lastly, validation of this proposal is verified through its application on eight FLOSS-based A&D tools.

Ontology Proposal for Quality Oriented Reuse

Quality and productivity improvement are some advantages of reuse in the software development process. Although the reuse concept is not new, there is not a rigorous representation of related reuse concepts and quality. In this paper, we present a historical review of the reuse concepts, and ontology based on reuse definitions and its relation with quality assurance processes. This ontology is part of a research in progress that promotes reuse from the beginning of the software development process in a specific domain, focusing in quality criteria

Reuse Strategy based on Quality Certification of Reusable Components

There are some barriers that prevent effective and systematic reuse. These barriers are produced by the need of introducing new methods for reuse development and especially by the distrust of developers in the components to be reused. One form of promoting reuse and reducing risks is guaranteeing the quality of these components. This can be achieved by assessing quality attributes and characteristics for each type of component. In this paper we present a reuse strategy based on quality certification. The strategy advantages are: the introduction of reuse throughout the software development process; incentive to reuse within the development team and the achievement of level three and four of the software reuse maturity model. The main result from this work is a strategy that encompasses the best practices of reuse and quality certification, which was validated through a survey, submitted to experts in the reuse and software engineering areas.

TOWARD A QUALITY MODEL FOR CBSE - Conceptual Model Proposal

In this paper, which is part of a research in progress, we analyze the conceptual elements behind Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE) and propose a model that will support its quality evaluation. The conceptual model proposed integrates the product perspective, a view that includes components and Component-Based Software (CBS), as well as the process perspective, a view that represents the component and CBS development life cycle. The model proposal was developed under a systemic approach that will allow for assessing and improving products and processes immersed in CBSE. Future actions include proposing metrics to operationalize the model and validate them through a case study. The model application will allow studying the behavior of each perspective and the relationships among them.

Poster Title: Systemic Quality of the Component-Based Development Process

The concept of quality is used largely in software development through models in order to improve and certify software products as well as to determine process maturity. The approaches used to specify quality models are oriented toward product or process. However, different studies have treated simultaneously development process maturity and product quality. Component-Based Software Development (CBSD) modifies considerably the traditional software development process. There are some attempts to adjust the accepted quality models into a new component based approach, for example OOSPICE, Cai model, and Preiss Model. This research has as objective identify the model elements needed for quality specification, that considers at the same time the component quality characteristics required for CBSD and the processes that support the presence of these characteristics in the products. The model is based on the feature analysis evaluation method (DESMET), focusing on the processes that support each characteristic. As a result, we obtain a Component-Based Software Development model with a systemic approach. The systemic approach allows us to study the relationship product-process in a twofold framework: the component development process and the compo-nent-based software development process. The comprehension of these relationships allows us to improve component quality and ease component integration into applications.