Java Magazine, Jan/Feb 2016
ORACLE COM JAVAMAGAZINE JANUARY FEBRUARY 2016 07 letters to the editor for most software unit test function test regression test performance test system test and acceptance test Of course some critical software such as medical devices and weapons systems might use more than 12 test stages and therefore exceed 99 percent in DRE DRE is only half of the IBM quality metric set The other half was defect potential or the sum of the bugs found in many sources Today defect potential is measured using function point metrics because lines of code isnt a useful measure for requirements and design bugs The current US average is about 45 bugs per function point which represents the total of all bugs found in requirements architecture design code user documents and bad fixes or new bugs in bug repairs Once again thank you for a good article I hope this additional information will be helpful Capers Jones VP and CTO Namcook Analytics LLC Contact Us We welcome comments suggestions grumbles kudos article proposals and chocolate chip cookies All but the last two might be edited for publication If your note is private please indicate this in your message Please write to us at javamag_ us@ oracle com For other ways to reach us see the last page of this issue
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