Title
Code Quality Evaluation Methodology Using The ISO/IEC 9126 Standard
Abstract
This work proposes a methodology for source code quality and static behaviour evaluation of a software system, based on the standard ISO/IEC-9126. It uses elements automatically derived from source code enhanced with expert knowledge in the form of quality characteristic rankings, allowing software engineers to assign weights to source code attributes. It is flexible in terms of the set of metrics and source code attributes employed, even in terms of the ISO/IEC-9126 characteristics to be assessed. We applied the methodology to two case studies, involving five open source and one proprietary system. Results demonstrated that the methodology can capture software quality trends and express expert perceptions concerning system quality in a quantitative and systematic manner.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.5121/ijsea.2010.1302
International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
software engineering,software systems,source code,software quality
Static program analysis,Systems engineering,Software engineering,Source code,Computer science,Software quality control,KPI-driven code analysis,Software construction,Software quality,Code review,Reliability engineering,Software measurement
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
abs/1007.5
3
International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications 1.3 (2010) 17-36
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.85
7
Authors
7