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3. ISO/IEC 9126 standard
3.1 Context
We now turn to the standards applicable to the following three categories of software products:
customized products ;
Software packages, also known as "off-the-shelf software";
embedded software, integrated into hardware (firmware).
The quality of a software product must be defined at the design stage. To achieve this, appropriate key factors must be selected. Criteria must take into account the specific features of the software product to be built, as well as the objectives of use according to the technologies used. For each criterion selected, a set of commonly accepted and validated metrics must be used to verify satisfaction...
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ISO/IEC 9126 standard
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Bibliography
Software tools
Audit Diagnostic Evaluation System (ADES). This tool manages several reference grids. It enables audit/evaluation findings to be entered into a database, and improvement actions to be recorded. It then reports on the audit/assessment findings recorded in the database. Comparisons between two audits/assessments enable improvements to be assessed. A slideshow presenting the functionalities is available for download at the...
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French Standards Association (AFNOR) http://www.afnor.fr
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) http://www.iso.ch
International Electronics Commission (IEC) http://www.iec.ch
...Standards and norms
International standards on quality management and quality assurance
- Quality management systems – Basic principles and vocabulary - ISO 9000 - 2005
- Quality management systems – Requirements - ISO 9001 - 2008
- Quality management systems – Performance improvement guidelines - ISO 9004 - 2009
- Environmental management systems – Specifications and operating instructions - ISO 14001 - 2004 ...
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