Entries Tagged 'ISO standards' ↓
August 12th, 2007 — Quality assurance, ISO standards, Basics of Software testing
First in brief know what is Quality? Quality can be define in different manner. Quality definition may differ from person to person. But finally there should be some standards. So Quality can be defined as
- Degree of excellence - Oxford dictionary
- Fitness for purpose - Edward Deming
- Best for the customer’s use and selling price - Feigenbaum
- The totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs - ISO
How a Product developer will define quality - The product which meets the customer requirements.
How Customer will define Quality - Required functionality is provided with user friendly manner.
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March 6th, 2007 — ISO standards
· SEI = ‘Software Engineering Institute’ at Carnegie-Mellon University; initiated by the U.S. Defense Department to help improve software development processes.
· CMM = ‘Capability Maturity Model’, developed by the SEI. It’s a model of 5 levels of organizational ‘maturity’ that determine effectiveness in delivering quality software. It is geared to large organizations such as large U.S. Defense Department contractors. However, many of the QA processes involved are appropriate to any organization, and if reasonably applied can be helpful. Organizations can receive CMM ratings by undergoing assessments by qualified auditors.
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