Practices in the Squale Quality Model (Squale Deliverable 1.3)

This document presents the Squale Software Quality Model as defined by Qualixo. It first reviews existing quality models and presents the Squale model with its particular- ity, namely a practice layer. Then it reviews in details an instance of this Squale Model with its Factors, Criteria and Practices, giving precise definitions and description1. Fi- nally, it discusses possible future enhancements of this model like new practices or its agreement with the program life-cycle and the change of needs during this life cycle