International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME)
IJEME Vol. 10, No. 4, 8 Aug. 2020
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Evaluation Study of Software Quality Management (SQM) and Quantitative Process Management (QPM) in Pakistan Software Houses
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Muhammad Haroonb
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Index Terms
Key Process Areas, KPA, Capability Maturity Mode, CMMI, Software Quality Management, SQM, Quantitative Process Management, QPM, Software House, Pakistan Software House.
Abstract
Key Process Areas (KPAs) for Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Maturity Level 4 can be described in terms of Quantitative Process Management (QPM) which is the metric to control the quantitative performance of a software project. On the other hand, Software Quality Management (SQM) monitors and controls the quality of the project. The survey conducted in this paper covers around 20 software houses of Pakistan. The study revealed that there is weakness in both KPAs, SQM and QPM. Each KPA defines a set of rules that are necessary to be followed to meet the standard but many organizations fail to follow these rules defined in every KPA. If specified and appropriate measures are taken, the software industry will lift it up to the higher CMMI Level.
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Muhammad Haroon, " Evaluation Study of Software Quality Management (SQM) and Quantitative Process Management (QPM) in Pakistan Software Houses ", International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME), Vol.10, No.4, pp.40-46, 2020. DOI: 10.5815/ijeme.2020.04.05
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