Using agile methods to implement a laboratory for software product quality evaluation

Abstract

In this paper we discuss how we at Alarcos Quality Center implemented AQCLab, the first laboratory in the world to be accredited as meeting ISO/IEC 17025 for software product quality evaluation based on the ISO/IEC 25000 series of standards. We implemented AQC Lab following agile principles by means of an adaptation of the Scrum methodology. This work method helped us to progress in a challenging context which had several similarities to software development, where the requirements were uncertain from the start. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.