The Software Quality Index is an attempt to relate software development practices to the quality of the final project. As additional forms are returned the results will be updated. 4.3 Program is easily understood by other programmers without considerable effort. It does not use obscure commands, unusual constructions, and is throughly commented. There is no need to contact the original programmer before attempting to work with the code.
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It is highly likely that if this program's functionality is required by another system, it will be used. Other developers will know that this program exists and how to incorporate it. The program specification was reviewed by Quality Assurance before programming began. Reviews were conducted whenever warranted by complexity. The written unit test plan was developed and reviewed prior to programming.