Improvement in the quality of design based on the consistencies of design specifications(<Special Issue>Project Quality and Customer Satisfaction)

Abstract

In order to improve the quality of software, we review specifications refined from the specifications of the previous process. Nevertheless, errors and defects of specifications are sometimes detected during testing processes. According to our research, we've found that the internal design specifications have more defects than other specifications. Most of those defects were embedded during the refining process from the external design to the internal design. In this paper, we proposed design specification templates for application software and the method of checking the consistencies of design specifications. Furthermore, we evaluate the effectiveness of the templates and the method.