Quality Factors for Measuring Architectures

The approach that allows associating the quality requirements for the architecture, expressed using the quality factors is specified. Measures are used to evaluate software products. The relationship between the software process quality attributes and software product quality factors is examined and it is argued that both the software process quality and software product quality should be integrated in order to achieve the improvement of software quality. In particular, the process quality profile of the Base Practices of the SPICE model are compared with the eleven product quality factors and criteria of McCall`s model for software quality evaluation showing evidence of positive correlation between process quality levels and project results.