Methods and systems of determining a quality level of a software instance

A system comprising:

• a processing facility configured to direct a display to display a graphical user interface configured to facilitate identification of one or more defects in a software instance;
• and
• a product quality index generation facility communicatively coupled to said processing facility and configured to
• associate one of a plurality of defect severity levels each having one of a plurality of weighted values with each of said one or more defects in response to at least one instruction received via said graphical user interface, and
• generate a product quality index corresponding to said software instance and that indicates a quality level of said software instance compared to a substantially defect-free software instance, said generation based on said defect severity levels and said weighted values associated with said one or more defects.

A system comprising:

• a development subsystem configured to facilitate development of a software instance;
• and
• a quality assurance subsystem selectively and communicatively coupled to said development subsystem, said quality assurance subsystem configured to
• display a graphical user interface configured to facilitate identification of one or more defects in said software instance,
• receive data representative of at least one instruction to associate one of a plurality of defect severity levels each having one of a plurality of weighted values with each of said one or more defects, and
• generate a product quality index corresponding to said software instance and that indicates a quality level of said software instance compared to a substantially defect-free software instance, said generation based on said defect severity levels and said weighted values associated with said one or more defects.