FURPS

FURPS is an acronym from the field of software quality. It comes from the English and summarizes quality characteristics of software.

Importance

The letters of FURPS mean the following in detail:

  • Functionality (functionality)
  • Usability ( usability )
  • Reliability ( reliability)
  • Performance (efficiency)
  • Supportability ( changeability), corresponding translation maintainability

The translations in brackets are the terms as they are also found in ISO 9126.

The P can also stand for portability ( transferability).

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