ITPEC FE Morning April 2023 Question 47
ITPEC FE Morning April 2023 — Question 47 of 80
Portability — ease of modifying software to run on a different architecture.
ISO/IEC 9126 defines six software quality characteristics:
- •Functionality — does it do what's needed? (includes interoperability)
- •Reliability — does it keep working under stated conditions?
- •Usability — is it easy to use and learn?
- •Efficiency — does it perform well with minimal resources?
- •Maintainability — is it easy to modify? (includes changeability)
- •Portability — can it be transferred to another environment?
Key distinction:
- Changeability = modifying behavior/features (sub of Maintainability)
- Portability = modifying to run on a different platform/architecture
Why not others:
- (a) Changeability — about changing functionality, not platform
- (b) Interoperability — about working with other systems
- (d) Usability — about user-friendliness
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