BS ISO/IEC 14598-1:1999

1. Scope
2. Conformance
3. Normative references
4. Terms and definitions
5. Overview of ISO/IEC 14598 and ISO/IE 9126
  5.1 Structure of ISO/IEC 14598 and ISO/IEC 9126
  5.2 Evaluation process
  5.3 Support for evaluation
  5.4 Software quality characteristics and metrics
6. Evaluation process
7. Establish evaluation requirements
  7.1 Establish the purpose of evaluation
  7.2 Identify types of product(s) to be evaluated
  7.3 Specify quality model
8. Specify the evaluation
  8.1 Select metrics
  8.2 Establish rating levels for metrics
  8.3 Establish criteria for assessment
9. Design the evaluation
  9.1 Produce evaluation plan
10. Execute the evaluation
  10.1 Take measures
  10.2 Compare with criteria
  10.3 Assess results
11. Supporting processes
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Gives an overview of the other parts of ISO/IEC 14598 and explains the relationship between ISO/IEC 14598 and ISO/IEC 9126. Part 1 defines the technical terms used in the other parts, contains general requirements for specification and evaluation of software quality and clarifies the general concepts. It also provides a framework for evaluating the quality of all types of software product and states the requirements for methods of software product measurement and evaluation.