Question 7/X - Software quality, software testing and verification for
telecommunication systems

Considering

- that in the last 20 years we have witnessed an ever-growing
incorporation of software into converging telecommunication systems;

- that maintaining a high quality of service now implies the correctness
of a growing number of software modules which may interact in an open
systems interconnection environment;

- that software may contain inherent faults and these faults can cause
interruptions in the service;

- that methods and procedures are being developed as to specifications
testing and verification of software related to open systems
interconnections;

- that administrations, RPOAs and large users are involved in the
evaluation of telecommunications software alternatives, whether
developed in their own research and development programmes, offered by
outside suppliers, or available wholly or in part in CCITT
Recommendations, as well as in ISO and IEC standards;

decides to study the following Question:

What studies, Recommendations or other provisions, if any, are
appropriate for:

i) testing and verification methods applicable to telecommunications
software; and

ii) uniform minimum acceptable requirements for a high quality of
telecommunications software?

What concepts, terms, definitions and measures should be used to measure
the correct performance of telecommunications software?

What models are recommended to assess the correct performance of
telecommunications software with respect to specified parameters or
erroneous data?

Note - This Question should be studied in close collaboration and
cooperation with ISO, IEC and other standardization bodies working on
the matter.