Research in the area of Software Quality: A Mapping Study of the Last Decade

This article presents a systematic mapping study in order to obtain a general description of the area of knowledge called Software Quality, and to identify the amount (frequency) and type of research carried out in the last decade. The study raises the analysis of aspects such as innovation in terms of methods, techniques and methodologies related to software quality, the quality factors addressed, the context in which they have been carried out, the phases of the software process in which they have focused, as well as the evaluation mechanisms used in the context of empirical research. The study carried out to conclude that research in the field of software quality is still current.