| dc.description.abstract | Most of the software products used in Kenya today often seem to have been developed
abroad and marketed locally. The few products that bear the local market names have
often been received with suspicion as lacking in quality. Many simple projects
undertaken by many Kenyan firms like Banks and manufacturing firms often contract
software suppliers from abroad. The Kenyan government does not have a clear policy on
how to measure the level of quality in software products. The only body that regulates
quality in the country, the Kenya Bureau Of Standards (KBS) does not include software
development in its set of procedures. Though recently, we have seen the creation of the
IEEE Charter in software development, not much is documented on its operations.
This pilot study set out to find the different types of software products developed locally
in Kenya, the type of approaches used to develop them, how they measure quality in their
products and the standards used to achieve these levels of quality. Through this pilot
study, it was realized that the major problem affecting software development in Kenya is
the lack of a systematic approach to software development and ways of assessing the
level of quality in these products. This indicated that there was need for a software
process framework to help improve the level of quality by setting standards. By
considering a number of frameworks as discussed in the literature review, it was possible
for the researcher to recommend a quality framework that will be used by software
developers in Kenya. This framework can be adapted by Kenya Bureau of Standards
(KBS) so that all software developers as well as buyers can have a standard acceptance
criteria of the products they develop 'Orreceive. | en |
