The need of measuring software quality

People spend a lot of time debating about software quality but, very often, they speak in abstract terms. They don’t measure anything. Even worst, they make early design decisions in name of non-functional requirements (especially concerning perfomance issues). Without any measurement to support decisions, our intuition can be misleading most of the time. UML models [...]

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How testable is a software architecture?

Testability is not testing. A (software) system is testable when there is an effective test strategy that can be used to verify the conformance of a particular implementation with respect to its specifications. Vice-versa, a system is tested when a specific test suite has been executed, verifying that such implementation really conforms to its specifications. [...]

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