Rating Software Measurement Tools Based on Quality Factor

Software Engineering provides methods and tools for the construction of quality software with a given deadline and constant requirements change. In this work it includes the measurement of software quality factor by categorizing the requirements as per the characteristic and the sub-characteristic mentioned in the ISO 9126 quality model an internationally recognized model and being followed by majority of the organization around the world. The main objective is to rank the software tools by measuring the quality factor of each software tool related to the user specified project areas requirement where rankings were assigned to the sub-characteristics with the help of the requirements and based on the performance of the software. The process includes the collection and consolidation of user requirement specification, categorization of the requirements as per the characteristic and the sub-characteristic for each tool, determination of the quality factor by using a series of formulas and finally categorize and rank the software tool based on the value of quality factor based on rating criteria mentioned in the quality model.