I am new to Software Quality assurance. I was told by my boss to find out how we can go about it in our company. Please could someone tell me what software quality assurance is all about and which open source tools I could use for software
Hi John,
While there are different aspects of Software Quality Assurance, in general it refers to the practice and activities needed to ensure new software features or modified software features behaver and work the way they were intended.
In order to perform QA (quality assurance) or Testing one needs to know the requirements for the system aka what problem did the custom needed solved, what are the key scenarios and use cases, what is the acceptance criteria.
In terms of QA software, there are a variety of tools out there which serve different purpose such as:
Adrian
This task is not an easy one! It will be difficult for a beginner! It's a whole set of activities. Software quality assurance is achieved by creating certain processes: Standards for software development Instructions with sequential actions Experience from previous projects Previous bugs Improved approaches in development and testing To conclude Remember that quality assurance of a program, does not include improving testing, but improving all the processes of developing and releasing the program. If the program meets the needs of the users and the expectations of the developers, then you can say that the program has successfully passed the quality assessment.
brought to you by enabling practitioners & organizations to achieve their goals using: