Common Quality Enumeration

CQE Glossary Definition

CQE™ is a list of software quality issues. Creating the list is a community initiative. Together, the participating organizations and any others that wish to join the effort are creating specific and succinct definitions for each of the elements in the CQE List. By leveraging the widest possible group of interests and talents, we hope to ensure that the CQE elements are adequately described and differentiated. We continually will work to capture the specific effects, behaviors, exploit mechanisms, and implementation details in the CQE dictionary as well as to review and revise the presentation approaches to provide those that best suit the community using this information.

Review CQE List

A number of review methods have been produced to help navigate the list including: by hierarchical representation, by relationships to external factors, and by relationships to specific attributes. Each of these methods provides a unique view into the CQE List to help you find a specific weakness or to show the relationships amongst different patterns.

By Hierarchical Representation (Graph)

By Relationships to Specific Attributes (Implicit Slice)

Release Downloads

Core xml content and xsd schema.

Please contact cqe@mitre.org with suggestions for additional views.