Learning from bugs - software quality control

The SWQC program, a software quality-control program implemented at NEC that instills quality and teaches responsibility on the individual, group, and organizational levels, is reviewed. The critical elements of the program, the top-down and grass roots organizational models used in software quality...

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Published in:IEEE software 1993-09, Vol.10 (5), p.46-54
Main Authors: Kajihara, J, Amamiya, G, Saya, T
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The SWQC program, a software quality-control program implemented at NEC that instills quality and teaches responsibility on the individual, group, and organizational levels, is reviewed. The critical elements of the program, the top-down and grass roots organizational models used in software quality control, and the twelve grass-roots quality-control activities used in SWQC are discussed, as are the most important implementation issues faced in applying SWQC: training, applying quality control to many kinds of software, and expanding the program to other areas within the company
ISSN:0740-7459
DOI:10.1109/52.232398