Science and Technology Ministry Information Technology Institute The

Science and Technology Ministry Information Technology Institute The Brazilian Information Technology Institute and the Software Product Quality Evaluation Method MEDE-PROS Romildo Monte Budapest, June 7, 2001

Until July, 2000: Technological Center for Informatics Foundation From August, 2000: Information Technology Institute Science and Technology Ministry

Mission To foster the development of scientific and technological research in activities related to information technology, · promoting and performing R&D projects in information technology, and · performing support activities to the local companies of the information technology sector.

Technological strategy Research and Development New methods and processes New products New knowledge Support to companies Technologic support Prototyping Qualification Conformity evaluation Failure analysis Knowledge Results

Key Technologies: Laboratories • • • Software product quality evaluation Software process quality assessment and improvement Test, characterization and analysis of Hardware Product Engineering Hardware systems design Software development Microstructures and Microsystems Information displays Electronic packaging Production Management Networks Robotics and vision

Finalistic processes General Coordination of Information Technologies General Coordination of Informatic Applications External expertise Qualification Software Product Quality Evaluation Product Development Software process quality assessment and improvement Test, characterization and analysis of Hardware Information Displays Social/economic applications R&D Platform Microstructures and Microsystems Hardware systems design Software Development Product Engineering Electronic Packaging Networks Production Management Robotics and Vision Cooperative networks SIGTEC - Information System Storage

Budget and personnel • Government budget • Contracts 8 MUS $ 1. 3 MUS $ • Personnel • Staff • External 135 110 • Formation 15% Ph. D 30% MSc

ITI Headquarters: Aerial View

Software Quality MEDE-PROS A Brazilian Software Product Quality Evaluation Method

Software Produtct Quality Standards NBR 13596 ISO/IEC 9126 - Information Technology - Software Product Quality Part 1: Quality Model Part 2: External Metrics Part 3: Internal Metrics Part 4: Quality in Use ISO/IEC 12119 Software Packages Quality requirements and testing ISO/IEC 14598 - Information Technology - Product Evaluation Part 1: General Overview Part 2: Planning and Management Part 3: Process for developers Part 4: Process for Acquirers Part 5: Process for Evaluators Part 6: Documentation of Evaluation Modules

Software Product Quality Evaluation MEDE-PROS® Objective Evaluate the software product quality, according to the point of view of the end user, verifying how much the software is observing the Software Quality International Standards.

Software Product Quality Evaluation MEDE-PROS® Result Ä Evaluation Report products’ strengths l aspects that should be improved l Is the feedback to the requester about the product quality according to the point of view of the end user

Software Product Evaluation The Evaluation Method MEDE-PROS Report Model Evaluator’s Manual Checklist

Checklist - MEDE-PROS® Software Product Components SOFTWARE PRODUCT Package ISO/IEC 12119 Product Description ISO/IEC 12119 Documentation Software ISO/IEC 9126 Interface ISO/IEC 9126 ISO/IEC 9241

AAQPS: The Supporting Environment A set of of methods and tools that provides support to evaluators in the process of evaluating the quality of software products

Software Product Quality Evaluation MEDE-PROS® Data Base AAQPS - Software Product Quality Evaluation Environment Ø Evaluation Database Ø BMA: the Evaluation Module Library

Executed Evaluations MEDE-PROS®

Software Product Evaluation Licensed Laboratories Fortaleza São Carlos Campinas Londrina São Leopoldo

MEDE-PROS Evolution

ITI http: //www. iti. br Rodovia D. Pedro I, Km 143, 6 CEP 13089 -500, Campinas, SP fone: (+5519) 3746 6081 fax: (+5519) 3746 6092 KÖSZÖNÖM Thank You Romildo Monte e-mail: romildo. monte@iti. br