Software Quality Assurance(SQA)

Software Quality Assurance(SQA)

Software Quality Assurance (SQA) is a set of activities for ensuring quality in software engineering processes. It ensures that developed software meets and complies with the defined or standardized quality specifications. SQA is an ongoing process within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) that routinely checks the developed software to ensure it meets the desired quality measures.It encompasses:

• A quality management approach
• Effective Software engineering technology (methods and tools)
• Formal technical reviews that are tested throughout the software process
• A multi tiered testing strategy
• Control of software documentation and the changes made to it.
• A procedure to ensure compliances with software development standards
• Measuring and reporting mechanisms.

Components of SQA:

Pre-project components

Components of project life cycle activities assessment

Components of infrastructure error prevention and improvement

Components of software quality management

Components of standardization, certification, and SQA system assessment

Organizing for SQA – the human components