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We present our experience in measuring quality of a large automation system. Our approach was to start from the state of the art in quality models, to formalise the expression of quality requirements, to build a quality matrix, which relates quality requirements to each single functionality, to apply several pruning techniques to cut down the measurements to be taken. Our approach allowed us to manage the complexities involved in quality measuring of large systems: it is difficult to express quality requirements, measurement costs are high, users need something more specific than a single quality profile over a complete application. We discuss a specific real case, with some practical implications. We conclude quoting some possible extensions.
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Spinelli, A., Pina, D., Salvaneschi, P., Crivelli, E., Meda, R. (1995). Quality measurement of software products: An experience about a large automation system. In: Nesi, P. (eds) Objective Software Quality. SQ 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 926. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59449-3_33
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