An Approach to Certifying Off-the-Shelf Software Components

by Jeffrey Voas

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TITLE	An Approach to Certifying Off-the-Shelf Software Components	user correction
AUTHOR NAME	Jeffrey Voas	user correction
AUTHOR AFFIL	Reliable Software Technologies Corporation	user correction
AUTHOR ADDR	21515 Ridgetop Circle; Suite 250; Sterling, VA 20166	user correction
ABSTRACT	When a software system fails, a confusing and complex liability problem ensues for all parties that have contributed software functionality to the system. This paper presents a customerbased methodology for predicting what impact on system reliability Off-the-Shelf software components will have if they were to fail. Thus this paper describes methods for assessing the likelihood that someone else's defective software components will negatively impact your system's quality. Our methods can be applied before the components are adopted and without requiring component vendors to provide proprietary information about their development process. This provides the luxury to take appropriate defensive steps against Off-The-Shelf component failures before it is too late.	user correction
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