1. The Software Quality Assurance System By Jonathon Gibbs Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009

2. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Contents Introduction Software Quality Assurance Components Pre-Project Components Project Lifecycle Activities and Assessment Infrastructure Components for Error Prevent and Improvement Software Quality Management SQA Standards, System Certification and Assessment Components (SQA SSA) Organising the SQA Conclusion Questions

3. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Introduction Quality Assurance Product complexity Product visibility Software Quality Assurance Product complexity Product visibility Product development and production process

4. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 SQA Components Why bother with the SQA System? Six components to the SQA System Pre-Project Components Project Lifecycle Activities and Assessment Infrastructure Components for Error Prevention and Improvement Software Quality Management SQA Standards, System Certification and Assessment Components (SQA SSA) Organising the SQA

5. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Overview

6. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Pre-Project Pre Project Components Contract review Process of the agreement of a contract between the client and organisation Budget and schedule agreed at this stage Focus on development risks Development and quality plans Reflects the changes that have occurred

7. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Project Lifecycle Project Lifecycle Activities and Assessment Development lifecycle and operation maintenance Five main components (assessment) Reviews Design reviews (DR)s Peer reviews Expert opinions Software testing Software maintenance

8. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Infrastructure Infrastructure components for error prevention and improvement Attempts to lower software faults Uses six components to do this Procedures and work instructions Supporting quality devices Staff training, instruction and certification Preventive and corrective actions Configuration management Documentation control

9. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Management Software quality management Project progress control Focuses on deviations from initial plan Software quality metrics Measures software quality Software quality costs Control Failure

10. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Standards SQA standards, system certification and assessment components External tools to achieve the in-house goals Standards Quality management standards What Project process standards How

11. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Organization Organising the SQA, the human components SQA Organizational base Management Define quality policy SQA unit Focus completely on SQA SQA trustees, committees and forums Contribute through personal interest

12. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 26 th November 2009 Conclusion Important Without it important software would fail Organisation size does not matter External members can be used Each component equally important They address different aspects

13. The Software Quality Assurance System Jonathon Gibbs (jxg16u) 6November 2009 Questions? Any Questions?