Object Oriented Software Engineering   View all facts   Glossary   Help

subject > person or group > organization > software development company

software development company
subject			fact

software development company	is a subtopic of 10.13 - Difficulties and Risks in Quality Assurance
	is a kind of organization
	may follow what is often called an opportunistic approach if it does not follow good software engineering practices
	should consider Consider quality assurance to be an integral and on-going part of development
	should encourage developers and maintainers to work for several months on a testing team; this will heighten their awareness of quality problems they should avoid when they return to designing software
	should give people tasks that fit their natural personalities
	should have a separate department to handle quality assurance
	should not sacrifice those activities that can ensure quality are often sacrificed in order to meet deadlines
	should provide developers with feedback about their performance in terms of producing quality software so they have something measurable to improve
	should publish statistics about quality (within the organization) so people who ignore it will be embarrassed
	should recognize the importance of quality
	should schedule adequate time for all quality assurance activities
	should train people in testing and inspecting techniques