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What is the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)




What is the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)?

CMM is a framework set by SEI, which provides a general roadmap for process improvement. Software Process Capability describes the range of expected results that can be achieved by following the process. The process capability of an organization determines what can be expected from the organization in terms [...]



Software Development Models: Spiral




What is Spiral Model? A brief explanation:

The software development activities can be organized like a spiral that has many cycles. The radial dimension represents the cumulative cost incurred in accomplishing the steps done so far, and the angular dimension represents the progress made in completing each cycle of the spiral.

Each phase begins with [...]



Software quality factors




You might have heard the term ‘Software Quality Factors’ before, or maybe you have not heard it before. So, what is it ?

Quality factors are the factors which affect the quality of the software. Quality of a software product has three dimensions; each dimension deals with a set of quality factors:

· Product Operation

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More details about verification vs. validation




Verification & Validation

Essentially, the very nature of Quality Testing (QT) is broken into two aspects: verification testing and validation testing. It is thus possible to say:

QT = (Verification + Validation)

IEEE/ANSI defines verification testing as “The process of evaluating a system or component to determine whether the products of a given development phase [...]