1. SQA Architecture
Software Quality
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SQA System COMPONENT
SQA Architecture (system component classes) can be classified into 6 classes.
Pre-project components (Chapter 5 & Chapter 6)
Components of project life cycle activities assessment
Reviews (Chapter 7)
Expert opinions (Chapter 7)
Software testing (Chapter 8)
Components of infrastructure error prevention (audit) and improvement. (Chapter 9)
Component of software quality management
Components of standardization, certification and SQA system assessment (Chapter 10)
Organizing for SQA

3. The Software Quality Assurance Architecture
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OHT 4.3
The Software Quality Assurance Architecture
Project
Development plan
and Quality Plan
Ch.6
Pre-project SQA components
Project Life Cycle SQA components
Formal Design Reviews
Sec. 8.2
Experts Opinion
Sec. 8.5
Peer Reviews
Sec. 8.3
SQA of External Participants
Ch 12
Software Maintenance
Ch. 11
Software Testing
Chs. 9-10
Quality Infrastructure components
Procedures
Ch. 14
Supporting
Devices
Ch. 15
Training
Instruction
Ch. 16
Preventive
Actions
Ch.17
Configuration
Management
Ch. 18
Document-
ation
Control
Ch. 19
Quality Management
Progress
Ch. 20
Software
Quality
Metrics
Ch. 21
Costs
Ch. 22
Standards
Ch. 23
Process
Ch.24
Organizational Base – Human components
Management - Ch. 25
SQA Unit - Sec. 26.1
SQA Committees – Sec. 26.2
SQA Trustees – Sec. 26.2
SQA Forums – Sec 26.4
Contract review
Ch.5

4. Pre-project component
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Pre-project component
The SQA components belonging here are meant to improve the preparation steps taken prior to initiating work on the project.
Contract Review
Development and quality plans

5. Pre-project component
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Pre-project component
Contract Review
Software maybe developed within of a contract negotiation with a customer or in response to an internal order originating in another department.
Give example internal order

6. Pre-project component
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Pre-project component
Contract Review
It must include detailed examination of:
Project proposal draft
Contract draft
Activities in contract review activities are:
Clarification of the customer requirements
Review the project schedule
Evaluation staff capacity to carry out the project
Evaluation the customer capacity to fulfill his obligation
Evaluation of development risks.

7. Pre-project component
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Pre-project component
Development and quality plans
Once software development contract has been signed then a plan is prepared of the project (“development plan”) and integrated quality assurance activities (“quality plan”)
The main issues treated in the project development plan are:
Schedules
Required manpower and hw resources
Risk evaluation
Organizational issues:
Project methodology, development tools
Software reuse plans

8. Pre-project component
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Pre-project component
The main issues treated in the project quality plan are:
Quality goals
Criteria for starting and ending each project stage.
List of review, test and other scheduled verification and validation activities.

9. Software project life cycle components
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Software project life cycle components
Composed of 2 stages:
Development life cycle stage
Operation maintenance stage
The main components are:
Review
Expert opinions
Software testing
Software maintenance

10. Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
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Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
The goal are the prevention of software fault or lowering of software fault rates.
Now days there are growing use of computerized automatic tools for application of these components
The class of SQA component:-
Procedure and work instructions
Templates and checklist
Staff training, retraining and certification
Preventive and corrective actions
Configuration management
Documentation control

11. Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
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Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
Procedure and work instructions
Provide detailed definitions for the performance of specific type of development activities.
Procedure and work instruction are planned and are based on the organization experience and knowledge.

12. Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
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Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
Staff training, retraining and certification
Keeping organization human resource knowledge update
Achieve mainly by:-
Training new employees
Continuously updating staff
Certifying employees after their knowledge have been demonstrated.

13. Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
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Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
Preventive and corrective actions
Implementation of change that prevent similar failures in future
Correction similar fault found in other projects
Implement proven successful methodologies.

14. Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
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Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
Configuration management
Introducing procedures to control the change process. These procedure relate to:-
Approval of change
Recording of those change performed
Issuing of new software versions and release.
Recording of the version and release specification

15. Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
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Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement
Documentation control
Refer mainly to customer requirement documents, contract documents, design report, project plans, development standards. And the activities in document control are:-
Definition of the type of controlled document
Specification of the format, method
Definition of review and approval process

16. Management SQA component
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Management SQA component
Managerial SQA components support the managerial control of software development projects. Control components are:-
Project progress control
Software quality metrics
Software quality costs

17. Management SQA component
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Management SQA component
Project progress control
Focus on :-
Resources usage
Schedule
Risk management activities
Budget

18. Management SQA component
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Management SQA component
Software quality metrics
Measurement of the various aspects of software quality is considered to be effective tool for the support of control activities.

19. Management SQA component
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Management SQA component
Software quality costs
Analysis of software quality costs can direct SQA efforts to improvement of activities.
Quality cost analysis can help identify those teams whose ineffective

20. SQA standard Utilization of international professional knowledge
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SQA standard
Utilization of international professional knowledge
Improvement of coordination with other organization quality systems
Objective professional evaluation.

21. Organizing for SQA The main objectives of the SQA organizational:-
To develop and support implementation of SQA components
To detect deviations from SQA procedure and methodology
To suggest improvements to SQA components
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