Quality Risk
Category: Detail
Code coverage:
Error handling
Priority
Description
1
Untested code
in specific
areas.
Untested code
in specific
areas.
Untested code
in specific
areas.
Untested flows
of data
between
components.
Untested flows
of data
between
components
Untested flows
of data
between
components
Risk that the
system may
not provide
this
functionality.
Risk that the
system may
not provide
this
functionality.
Risk that the
system may
not provide
this
functionality.
Risk that the
system may
not provide
this
functionality.
Code coverage:
2
Importing/exporting
Code coverage:
General
5
Data flow coverage:
Importing
2
Data flow coverage:
Exporting
2
Data flow coverage:
Hyperlinks
2
Functionality: File
operations
1
Functionality:
Editing
1
Functionality:
Printing
1
Functionality:
Tables, figures, other
complex objects
1
Functionality:
Formatting
1
Functionality:
1
Spelling, thesaurus,
grammar, other tools
Functionality: Help
1
User interface:
Microsoft Windows
98/Me
3
User interface:
Microsoft Windows
NT/2000
3
User interface:
3
Solaris
OpenWindows (Sun)
User interface:
Apple Macintosh
3
User interface:
Linux Gnome
4
Component
interfaces: Toolbarto-function
1
Component
interfaces: Menusto-function
1
Risk that the
system may
not provide
this
functionality.
Risk that the
system may
not provide
this
functionality.
Risk that the
system may
not provide
this
functionality.
Risk that the
user interface
may not work
properly.
Risk that the
user interface
may not work
properly.
Risk that the
user interface
may not work
properly.
Risk that the
user interface
may not work
properly.
Risk that the
user interface
may not work
properly.
Risk that the
given interface
pairs don’t
work together.
Risk that the
given interface
pairs don’t
work together.
Component
interfaces:
Display/preview
2
Component
interfaces: Printing
2
Component
interfaces: Event
handling
2
Capacity and
volume: Maximum
file length
3
Capacity and
volume: Maximum
table size
3
Capacity and
volume: Maximum
number of revisions
3
Error/disaster
handling and
recovery: Platform
crash
3
Error/disaster
handling and
recovery: Network
failure
3
Risk that the
given interface
pairs don’t
work together.
Risk that the
given interface
pairs don’t
work together.
Risk that the
given interface
pairs don’t
work together.
Risk that the
system will
not handle
rated
capacities and
volumes.
Risk that the
system will
not handle
rated
capacities and
volumes.
Risk that the
system will
not handle
rated
capacities and
volumes.
Risk that a
particular
abnormal but
foreseeable
problem won’t
be handled.
Risk that a
particular
abnormal but
foreseeable
problem won’t
be handled.
Error/disaster
handling and
recovery: File space
overflow
3
Performance:
Microsoft Windows
Me/98
1
Performance:
Microsoft Windows
NT/2000
1
Performance: Solaris 1
OpenWindows (Sun)
Performance: Apple
Macintosh
1
Date handling: Time 4
Zones
Date handling: Leap
Years
4
Localization:
Spanish
2
Risk that a
particular
abnormal but
foreseeable
problem won’t
be handled.
Risk of
insufficient
performance
in a given
environment.
Risk of
insufficient
performance
in a given
environment.
Risk of
insufficient
performance
in a given
environment.
Risk of
insufficient
performance
in a given
environment.
Risk that date
math and
calculations
will be done
improperly.
Risk that date
math and
calculations
will be done
improperly.
Risk of
misleading,
erroneous, or
offensive
behavior in
particular
locale.
Localization: French
2
Localization:
German
2
Localization: Italian
5
Localization:
Chinese
5
Localization:
Japanese
5
Networked
environment:
Novell Netware
5
Networked
environment:
Microsoft Windows
5
Risk of
misleading,
erroneous, or
offensive
behavior in
particular
locale.
Risk of
misleading,
erroneous, or
offensive
behavior in
particular
locale.
Risk of
misleading,
erroneous, or
offensive
behavior in
particular
locale.
Risk of
misleading,
erroneous, or
offensive
behavior in
particular
locale.
Risk of
misleading,
erroneous, or
offensive
behavior in
particular
locale.
Risk of
misbehavior in
particular
network
environments.
Risk of
misbehavior in
particular
NT/2000
Networked
environment: PC
NFS
5
Configuration
options: Preferences
storage/retrieval
1
Configuration
options: Available
printer selections
1
Standards:
Microsoft Windows
98/Me
1
Standards:
Microsoft Windows
NT/2000
3
Standards: Sun
Solaris
3
Security: Passwordprotect files
4
Security: PGP
encrypt/decrypt
files
4
network
environments.
Risk of
misbehavior in
particular
network
environments.
Risk that
configurations
options will be
mishandled or
ignored.
Risk that
configurations
options will be
mishandled or
ignored.
Risk that the
system will
not conform to
OS standards.
Risk that the
system will
not conform to
OS standards.
Risk that the
system will
not conform to
OS standards.
Risk of
unauthorized
disclosure,
privacy
invasions, or
denial of
service in
particular
security
features.
Risk of
unauthorized
disclosure,
privacy
Installation, setup,
and initial
configuration:
Microsoft Windows
98/Me
Installation, setup,
and initial
configuration:
Microsoft Windows
NT/2000
Installation, setup,
and initial
configuration:
Solaris
OpenWindows (Sun)
Installation, setup,
and initial
configuration:
Apple Macintosh
2
Documentation: All
3
2
2
2
invasions, or
denial of
service in
particular
security
features.
Risk that the
system can’t
be deployed in
a given OS
setting.
Risk that the
system can’t
be deployed in
a given OS
setting.
Risk that the
system can’t
be deployed in
a given OS
setting.
Risk that the
system can’t
be deployed in
a given OS
setting.
Risk that the
documentation
will be
misleading,
erroneous, or
offensive.