A METHOD PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL RELIABILITY EVALUATION

Anna Grimán, María Pérez, Luis E. Mendoza, Edumilis Méndez

2007

Abstract

Software quality characteristics, such as reliability, maintainability, usability, portability, among others, are directly determined by software architecture and, in consequence, it constitutes a very important artifact to be evaluated as soon as a general design is obtained. This article proposes a method to estimate software reliability by evaluating software architecture. Our method combines the strengths of three evaluation methods: ATAM (Kazman et al, 2000), DUSA (Bosch, 2000) and AEM (Losavio et al., 2004) obtained by identifying the main features needed in reliability architectural evaluation and studying several architectural mechanisms which promote this quality characteristic. Based on these features and the advantages of the studied methods and mechanism, we established phases, activities, roles, inputs/outputs, and artifacts; and we constructed a feasible method which can be applied in any organization interested in improving its software construction process and product.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Grimán A., Pérez M., E. Mendoza L. and Méndez E. (2007). A METHOD PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL RELIABILITY EVALUATION . In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-88-7, pages 564-568. DOI: 10.5220/0002393205640568

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis07,
author={Anna Grimán and María Pérez and Luis E. Mendoza and Edumilis Méndez},
title={A METHOD PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL RELIABILITY EVALUATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2007},
pages={564-568},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002393205640568},
isbn={978-972-8865-88-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - A METHOD PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL RELIABILITY EVALUATION
SN - 978-972-8865-88-7
AU - Grimán A.
AU - Pérez M.
AU - E. Mendoza L.
AU - Méndez E.
PY - 2007
SP - 564
EP - 568
DO - 10.5220/0002393205640568