The Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) is an IT industry group comprising IT executives from the
Global 2000,
systems integrators,
outsourced service providers, and software technology vendors committed to making improvements in the quality of IT
application software
Application software is any computer program that is intended for end-user use not operating, administering or programming the computer. An application (app, application program, software application) is any program that can be categorized as ...
.
Overview
Jointly organized by the
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...
and the
Object Management Group (OMG), CISQ is designed to be a neutral forum in which customers and suppliers of IT application software can develop an industry-wide agenda of actions for defining, measuring, and improving IT
software quality.
History
CISQ was launched in August 2009 by 24 founders including SEI and OMG.
The founders of CISQ are
Paul D. Nielsen, Director and CEO of SEI and
Richard Mark Soley, Chairman and CEO of OMG.
Bill Curtis, the co-author of the
CMM framework is CISQ's first Director.
Software measurement
Software measurement is a quantified attribute (see also: measurement) of a characteristic of a software product or the software process. It is a discipline within software engineering. The process of software measurement is defined and governed by ...
and productivity expert
Capers Jones is a CISQ Distinguished Advisor.
In September 2012, CISQ published its standard measures for evaluating and benchmarking the
reliability,
security,
performance efficiency, and
maintainability of IT software.
In January 2013, OMG adopted
Automated Function Point specifications.
In May 2013 CISQ reached 500 members.
In December 2013,
WIPRO become the fourth major sponsor to join the list of industry participants investing in the completion and adoption of CISQ standards in the IT industry.
See also
*
ISO/IEC 9126
ISO/IEC 9126 ''Software engineering — Product quality'' was an international standard for the evaluation of software quality. It has been replaced by ISO/IEC 25010:2011.
The fundamental objective of the ISO/IEC 9126 standard is to address som ...
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.it-cisq.org
Software quality