1A Benefits Of SQA Flashcards
What is software quality engineering?
The study and systematic application of scientific technical logical economic social and practical knowledge and imperiously proven methods to the analysis and continuous improvement of all stages of the software lifecycle to maximize the quality of the software processes and practices and the products they produce.
What does it mean to increase software quality?
Reducing the number of defects in the software and in the processes that are used to develop or maintain that software.
What causes software defects?
They can result from mistakes that occurred during the software development. Either in house development or development by third-party. It can also result from mistakes during release in maintenance processes or from defects in the processes themselves.
What can mistakes in software lead to?
Missing ambiguous or incorrect requirement defect that result in the development of software that does not match the needs of its stakeholders
What is the most cost-effective way of handling a defect?
Preventing the defect
How do you accomplish that for quality?
Through continuous process improvement, increasing staff knowledge and skill, and through other defect prevention techniques that keep defects out of the software. Every defect that is prevented a lemonade 3 work to correct the defect and also illuminate the effort associated with that rework.
How to software quality benefit the organization?
By four things: reducing development and maintenance costs; decreasing process cycle times which translate and shorten schedules in improvements to time-to-market; increasing the productivity velocity of stuff for practitioner; increasing the predictability of cost and schedules.
What are Kanos three types of quality?
Basic quality expected quality and exciting quality
