A Discussion on Assuring Software Quality in Small and Medium Software Enterprises: an Empirical Investigation
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Discussions on the software quality keep this topic one of the most contributed subjects in the software literature since late 1960's; early and initial examples include [ ], [ ] and [ ]. The discussions are not only how to achieve/argue quality in software products but also how to delimit its definition, because defining the quality is not an easy task for generic use, either. For instance, Reeves and Bednar [ ] find that defining quality may be achieved when it is specification focused; however the challenge remains as quality is seen/evaluated as "excellence", usually. This argument is also supported in the software domain along with the following attempts to define quality:
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