Subject: PEM Talk this Thursday: Tiago Alves, "Benchmark-based Software
 Product Quality"
From: Bas Basten 
To: pem-list, sen-list
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:08:36 +0200 (CEST)

Dear all,

This Thursday, Tiago Alves (Software Improvement Group; University of
Minho, Portugal) is visiting SEN1, and will give the following talk:

Title: "Benchmark-based Software Product Quality"

Abstract:
Key to software product quality is the ability to measure, evaluate and
rank software systems. In this presentation we will introduce a novel
methodology to use source code metrics to evaluate and rank software
systems against a benchmark. 
Thresholds are derived from a benchmark and used in a two-stage process
to aggregate metrics, first to risk profiles and afterwards to ratings.
A rating summarizes a metric at system-level, allowing it to compare and
evaluate a software. Thresholds also allow to drill down from ratings to
measurements, enabling root-cause analysis.
We explain the methodologies to derive thresholds from benchmark data
and their role in the SIG quality model. Finally, using two space-domain
software systems, we show how the whole process enables meaningful
analysis and evaluation of software systems.

The talk starts at 10am in room L016 at CWI. You are cordially invited.

Best regards,
Bas Basten