Table 4 Goals and sub-goals
From: Investigating measures for applying statistical process control in software organizations
ID | GOAL | ID | SUB-GOAL |
|---|---|---|---|
G01 | Assess and monitor the maintenance process (P22, P27) | – | – |
G02 | Control variation in coding and code review processes (P34) | – | – |
G03 | Estimate and control defects, effort and schedule of testing process (P19) | – | – |
G04 | Evaluate process quality effectiveness (P35, P50) | G04.1 | Evaluate defect-detection effectiveness (P41) |
G04.2 | Evaluate inspection effectiveness (P03, P28) | ||
G04.3 | Evaluate peer review effectiveness (P21, P24, P44) | ||
G04.4 | Manage effectiveness of defect removal activities (P16) | ||
G05 | Improve product quality (P05, P10, P12, P16, P20, P23, P24 P35, P39, P44, P50) | G05.1 | Improve defect detection to reduce the number of delivered defects (P18, P38, P43) |
G05.2 | Improve software process effectiveness (P03, P10, P32) | ||
G05.3 | Improve software reliability (P01) | ||
G05.4 | Increase customer satisfaction (by managing defects) (P04) | ||
G05.5 | Manage defect injection distribution in different kinds of activities (P16) | ||
G05.6 | Reduce defects in the products (P13, P32, P36) | ||
G05.7 | Reduce injected defect (P06, P43) | ||
G05.8 | Reduce requirements volatility (P23) | ||
G05.9 | Understand and predict product quality (P40) | ||
G05.10 | Verify quality goals achievement (P26) | ||
G06 | Improve review process (P25, P43) | G06.1 | Understand and predict inspection process (P40) |
G07 | Manage system-testing activity (P16) | – | – |
G08 | Monitor process efficiency (P31) | G08.1 | Evaluate coding efficiency (P49) |
G08.2 | Evaluate defect-fixing efficiency (P16) | ||
G08.3 | Evaluate design efficiency (P49) | ||
G08.4 | Evaluate testing efficiency (P16, P24, P49, P50) | ||
G09 | Reduce operational costs (P04) | G09.1 | Improve productivity (P04, P16, P39, P44) |
G09.2 | Minimize rework (P11) | ||
G09.3 | Monitor project cost and schedule (P20, P29) | ||
G09.4 | Reduce cost due to poor quality performance (P26) | ||
G09.5 | Improve estimation and planning (P44) | ||
G10 | Understand software processes performance (P07, P20) | G10.1 | Understand fixing process performance (P07, P17) |
G10.2 | Understand review process performance (P07, P17) | ||
G10.3 | Understand project management process performance (P07, P08, P17) | ||
G10.4 | Understand recruitment process performance (P07, P20) | ||
G10.5 | Understand test process performance (P07) | ||
G11 | Understand the effect of reviews as verification activities in test (P09) | – | – |
G12 | Understand the effect of test design in test development (P07, P09,P17) | – | – |
G13 | Understand the relationship between productivity and quality assurance activities during test development (P07, P09,P17) | – | – |
G14 | Verify changes in test process (P26) | – | – |
G15 | Win the market competition (P15) | G05 | Improve product quality (P05, P10, P12, P16, P20, P23, P24 P35, P39, P44, P50) |
G09 | Reduce operational costs (P04) |