In software engineering software quality has become a topic of major concern. As software is becoming critically important for an organization to be competitive in its business, the requirement that the software is highly supportive for the organization in achieving its goals means that the software should have high utility and user quality. It has also been recognized that software maintenance is becoming the main activity in software work. With the growing collection of software in organizations this cost is becoming substantial. The amount of maintenance needed and the effort needed to perform a certain maintenance task is critically dependent on the technical quality of software resulting from the software development process.The student will learn and understand what quality means, how it can be measured, and how a measurement program can be implemented. (Execises, Course Paper, Examination).
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