Paper Info
Title
The EMISQ method and its tool support-expert-based evaluation of internal software quality
Abstract
There is empirical evidence that internal software quality, e.g., the quality of source code, has great impact on the overall quality of software. Besides well-known manual inspection and review techniques for source code, more recent approaches utilize tool-based static code analysis for the evaluation of internal software quality. Despite the high potential of code analyzers the application of tools alone cannot replace well-founded expert opinion. Knowledge, experience and fair judgment are indispensable for a valid, reliable quality assessment, which is accepted by software developers and managers. The EMISQ method (Evaluation Method for Internal Software Quality), guides the assessment process for all stakeholders of an evaluation project. The method is supported by the Software Product Quality Reporter (SPQR), a tool which assists evaluators with their analysis and rating tasks and provides support for generating code quality reports. The application of SPQR has already proved its usefulness in various code assessment projects around the world. This paper introduces the EMISQ method and describes the tool support needed for an efficient and effective evaluation of internal software quality.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/s11334-007-0039-7
ISSE
Keywords
Field
DocType
source code,empirical evidence,software quality,software development
Static program analysis,Systems engineering,Software quality analyst,Software engineering,Computer science,Software quality control,Software construction,Software quality,Software verification and validation,Team software process,Code review
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
4
1
1614-5054
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.60
11
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Reinhold Plösch115021.77
Harald Gruber2758.93
A. Hentschel370.60
Christian Körner4284.05
Gustav Pomberger523737.25
Stefan Schiffer6323.30
Matthias Saft78610.18
S. Storck8141.32