Software Quality Metrics in Quality Assurance to Study the Impact of External Factors related to Time

Abstract

Software quality assurance is a process for guesstimating and documenting the quality of the software products during each phase of the software development lifecycle. Measurement provides a way to assess the status of any program to determine if it is in trouble or in need of corrective action and process of improvement. This assessment helps to diagnose the status in terms of time, completion, risks and also the quality and thus ensures to take meaningful, effective remedial action (e.g., controlling requirements changes, improving response time to the developer, relaxing performance requirements, extending your schedule, adding money, or any number of options). Successful software quality assurance is highly dependent on software metrics. The purpose of this paper is to give a clear picture about the application of Software Quality Metrics (SQM) in quality life cycle and to focus on the significance of SQM in the role of external factors, mainly concentrating on time, which will influence the quality of the final product and plays a vital role in the software quality.