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Software Quality Assurance (SQA) is defined as:
"A systematic, planned set of actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the software development process or the maintenance process of a software system product conforms to established functional technical requirements as well as with the managerial requirements of keeping the schedule and operating within budgetary confines." (Galin, cited in Food for Thought, 2005)
During the 1970's, companies had difficulty delivering software within the constraints of schedule, budget, and quality (Food for Thought, 2005). The problem grew worse over time. Many projects undertaken in the 1980's and 90's were complete disasters, failing to deliver anything, grossly exceeding budget and schedule deadlines, and delivering poor quality. Also, during the 1980's a "software crisis" occurred in which the spending on software maintenance exceeded spending on creating new software products. The problems in software development and the "software...
Contents typically define the SQA roles and responsibilities of the members of the project team and their function at stage exit as well as required skills. Further, the plan will detail standards and audits and review processes (in-stage audits and reviews, stage exist reviews and peer reviews) to be used by the project. In-stage audits assure that the established system development and project management processes and procedures are being followed effectively, and exposures and risks to the project plan are identified and addressed. Stage of development will usually have at least one formal checkpoint called a stage exit. When a stage has been successfully exited, it indicates that all draft deliverables due to date have been completed, all outstanding issues…
Bibliography
Food for Thought (2005, January), Vol. 2 No. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2005 from Web site: http://www.swqual.com/newsletter/vol2/no1/vol2no1.html
Software quality assurance plan (1997). U.S. Department of Energy. Retrieved March 2, 2005 from Web site: http://cio.doe.gov/ITReform/sqse/download/qa_plan1.doc
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