Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance, in a simple way, can be defined as a series of actions and activities that ensure that the quality of the software is preserved. To ensure the quality of software, it requires different procedures, processes, and standards related to software engineering to be monitored carefully and then executed, thereby providing complete confidence over the quality of the project.

Major Tasks of SQA:

The SQA should be assuring the quality in a pattern as follows:

  • Quality management view
  • Defining the process
  • Technical reviewing with multi-strategy
  • Training and Implementation
  • Audit and reporting

Software Quality Assurance represents all the developmental stages of the software. It works employing a continuous check over the processes involved in the development and maintenance of the software and how the improvements should be made to reach the goals of meeting all the desired specifications.
After defining the process with technical reviews and a multi-strategy mind-set, it is then implemented. But the role of SQA is not done yet. Quality Assurance is then responsible to detect any fault and defect in the process and provide validated offerings to overcome that weakness.

Processes in SQA

  • Project Management
  • Project Estimation
  • Configuration Management
  • Requirements Management
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Software Deployment
  • Software Maintenance

Innovation in SQA

As Software Quality Assurance is underdevelopment practice, there is a need to constantly take measurements to innovate in the field. For example, developers had the authority to make changes in the code during software testing. But now, they are not given the freedom to access the test code when it is in the testing process. So, in a world revelling technology with each passing day, a good QA practice would not just rely on testing the product before its implementation. Rather, it paces towards new challenges that help in the advancements. The following points might aid in that scenario.

  • QA testing from the beginning not only when the requirements are finalized.
  • Documented test cases that able the developers to develop the software egging more customers.
  • Interconnection between the QA department and the development department to encourage efficient working.
  • Providing a distinct way to QA reporting so as to avoid any chance of negativity and conflict among QA team and development team.
  • Knowing automation is efficient in enhancing productivity, quality, reducing costs, and on-time work.
  • Dedicating every area of project to a specific person so to avoid stress and any mishap.
  • Software Testing
  • Software Deployment
  • Software Maintenance