Defect Prediction with Reliability Growth Modeling

Although typically used at places like NASA, reliability growth modeling also can be used for common business and financial applications. Reliability growth modeling predicts how many defects will be in your release, how quickly your testing should uncover them, and how many will still be present after delivery. You can use this information to make ship/no-ship decisions, manage test coverage, and appropriately staff the help desk. Using a free, downloadable tool, CASRE (Computer Aided Software Reliability Estimation) from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Michael Allegra outlines a step-by-step process to produce and interpret dynamic reliability growth models. Michael walks you through an example project, explains how to get started with modeling, and demonstrates that you don't have to be a rocket scientist to use it.