Internal Software Quality

While this might look like stating the obvious, I still find that there are organisations especially in this part of the world that have not really imbibed these practices. From experience, I find that its because management has not really taken a serious look into the merits and demerits of internal software quality.

What is internal software quality and how does it differ from just plain Software quality? When it comes to software quality assurance, it is most commonly viewed in two aspects (There could be more).

  • External software quality
  • Internal software quality

This is derived from Steve McConnell’s division of software characteristics in his book Code Complete. Continue reading