95092967A-GEN Abstract: Tactical Software Reliability (TSR) Guidebook

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Title: Tactical Software Reliability (TSR) Guidebook

Author(s): Ann Marie Neufelder;Steve Fulton;

Document date: 11/30/1995

Descriptor(s): software reliability;Software Process Improvement;FRACAS;

Abstract: Tactical Software Reliability (TSR) is a methodology that complements Software
Process Improvement (SPI) and addresses tactical issues. It is designed to
significantly improve a target software product within one year or less. The
methodology is easily broadened to apply across product lines or product
families. TSR has four core elements that align with the output phases of the
software development life cycle: enabling methods; testing and verification;
release and version control; and a closed-loop failure reporting, analysis,
and corrective action system (FRACAS). This document describes how these core
elements interrelate to improve software reliability. It provides detail on
each task within these elements. Also, it targets key tasks to those who are
most likely to perform them: the engineering managers; software engineers;
software testers; software managers; software quality assurance engineers; and
software configuration management engineers who develop, test, and control
software.

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