Software quality metrics in space systems

Abstract

The French Space Agency uses a special computer environment to collect quality and reliability data on the software it develops, and to analyze and predict the performance potential of that software throughout its life cycle. This paper presents that the environment along with the way data is organized and collected during software development and maintenance. We show the impact our work in this field has on complexity metrics and software reliability measurements. The paper is highlighted with practical applications and results concerning quite a large number of space projects in a realcontext.