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What's Good Software, Anyway?
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2007.59March/April 2007 (vol. 24 no. 2) pp. 5-7
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Hakan Erdogmus, "What's Good Software, Anyway?," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 5-7, March/April, 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2007.59,
author = {Hakan Erdogmus},
title = {What's Good Software, Anyway?},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {24},
number = {2},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2007},
pages = {5-7},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2007.59},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Software
TI - What's Good Software, Anyway?
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SN - 0740-7459
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EPD - 5-7
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PY - 2007
KW - functionality
KW - comprehensibility
KW - coding standard
KW - quality
KW - internal quality
KW - external quality
KW - documentation
KW - regression test
KW - acceptance test
KW - unit test
VL - 24
JA - IEEE Software
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If you plan to license a piece of code to a company, what objectively testable guarantees could you offer about the source code so that the people who will be responsible for its future development feel comfortable taking on the challenge? What criteria collectively constitute a definitive, objective trademark of good software? Hakan and a colleague analyze this question in detail.
Index Terms:
functionality, comprehensibility, coding standard, quality, internal quality, external quality, documentation, regression test, acceptance test, unit test
Citation:
Hakan Erdogmus, "What's Good Software, Anyway?," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 5-7, Mar./Apr. 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.59
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