Quality assurance certification: adoption by Australian software developers and its association with capability maturity
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Paper/Presentation Title | Quality assurance certification: adoption by Australian software developers and its association with capability maturity |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Cater-Steel, Aileen P. (Author) and Fitzgerald, Edmond P. (Author) |
Editors | Werner, B. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering and International Computer Science Conference (APSEC 1997/ICSC 1997) |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 1997 |
Place of Publication | California, USA |
ISBN | 081868271X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.1997.640157 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/APSEC.1997.640157 |
Conference/Event | ICSC 1997: Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference and International Computer Science Conference |
Event Details | ICSC 1997: Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference and International Computer Science Conference Event Date 02 to end of 05 Dec 1997 Event Location Hong Kong, China |
Abstract | Many Australian developers have committed resources to achieve certification in response to government purchasing policies favouring standards-certified-suppliers, but cynics suggest the 'piece of paper' does little to improve the processes and subsequent product. This study details a research project undertaken to assess the adoption of QA certification by Australian software developers. Primary data for the study were gathered from a survey of 1,000 Australian software developers, and secondary data from the JAS-ANZ register of certified organisations. The survey design was used to determine the extent of adoption of QA certification by Australian developers, their organisational characteristics, capability maturity and perceptions regarding the value of QA certification. The SEI CMM questionnaire was used as the basis of the capability maturity measurement instrument, enabling an international comparison of CMM levels of developers in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. |
Keywords | software quality; software quality assurance certification; Australian software developers; capability maturity; government purchasing policies; research project; QA certification; survey; JAS-ANZ register; organisational characteristics; questionnaire; CMM; Australia; Hong Kong; Singapore |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 469999. Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified |
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Byline Affiliations | Department of Information Systems |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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