Failure-Modes-Based Software Reading

Description

Identifying failure modes and their effects is critical to software failure mode and effects analysis and it largely depends on the analysts’ experience and the skill. This book develops a series of reading techniques based on common and prioritized failure modes in software requirements, software design, coding, and usability in order to makes the benefits of software failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) readily accessible to general software practitioners, particularly in small teams and resource-constrained organizations. After a general introduction it offers an overview of software FMEA and discusses software review procedures and software reading techniques. Subsequent chapters present the basic ideas behind failure-modes-based reading techniques and examine the use of these techniques for software requirements, software design, software coding, software usability, and software testing. Covering the entire creation process, and including checklists and examples, it provides an easy introduction to the topic for professionals in software engineering and quality assurance. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 1-6 Software Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 7-15 Software Review and Software Reading (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 17-27 Failure-Modes-Based Software Reading (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 29-37 Failure-Modes-Based Requirements Reading (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 39-47 Failure-Modes-Based Design Reading (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 49-62 Failure-Modes-Based Code Reading (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 63-78 Failure-Modes-Based Usability Reading (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 79-84 Failure-Modes-Based Test Reading (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 85-92 Conclusion (Yang-Ming Zhu)....Pages 93-94 Back Matter ....Pages 95-99