Effective Quality Management : Risk-and Value-based Software Quality Management

Software quality management has to effectively deploy resources for quality assurance activities in order to reflect the achieved product quality. Therefore, quality managers should exploit their creative freedom to direct their courses of action within the economic constraints. We present a method-based approach for better effectiveness. The product riskand valuebased method is applicable in the context of the ordering party’s quality supplier management, and also for the product development of contractors. This is due to the method’s product function orientation and to the independence of the software development procedures.