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This 19 page paper considers is the quality of software can ever be measures. The paper starts by trying to define what is meant by quality and then looking at ways the needs that quality software will meet can be defined. The paper then looks at systems of developing software that can be used with the measurements that have made to assess if they can be used ion conjunction with each other. Theories included in the paper encompass soft systems modelling, hard systems modelling, actor network theory, requirements engineering and agile engineering. The bibliography cites 29 sources.
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File: TS14_TEmeasqual.rtf
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this is going to be a subjective measure dependant on the users and the expansions or needs of those users, then we need to develop a method by which we
can measure the quality, which is also going to be subjective. If we look at the definition of quality in this context is may be defined as "Having a high
degree of excellence" (Dictionary.com, 2005). This does not help in defining quality, in systems such as total quality management the degree of quality is that the quality should match the
needs of the users. For example top quality plastics should not be used to make refuse bags, it may make them technically of a higher quality, but gives them a
much higher cost which detracts from the match between quality and use, and in some cases may detract from the use, looking preventing users from actually using them. This may
be quality, but it is not good as it is not the right quality. If we apply this to software we start to get a clearer picture by looking at
what may be defined as the right quality. For this software needs to perform all of the required tasks, in the required manner at the required time in a
way that is easy for the users to implement and understand. Other qualities that are required will be reliability, there may be the need for interoperability, maintenance may also be
an options as may aspects such as security and speed. From this we can see that the level of quality is going to vary between the different programmes that are
used and the different types of users as well as the desired outcomes. To develop quality software that meet the needs of all or most of the stakeholders all
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