Software Quality Assurance

This page is a gathering place for references related to the theory and practice of Software Quality Assurance. It is growing to include information on:

• Standards and Development Procedures
• Product Evaluation and Process Monitoring
• Configuration Management Monitoring
• The role of SQA in the Product Development Cycle
• Automated Testing Tools

complete testing, erroneously used to mean 100% branch coverage. The notion is specific to a test selection criterian: i.e., testing is "complete" when the tests specified by the criterion have been passed. Absolutely complete testing is impossible.*

Here is a list of pertinent resources for those exploring SQA:

• ISO 9000 FORUM - The facts on ISO 9000 - straight from ISO
• The Capability Maturity Model for Software
• Software Assurance Technology Center
• Reusable Software Management Plan (SMP) and On-line help tool
• Software Assurance Home Page
• SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE - Concepts and Definitions
• The Configuration Management Yellow Pages
• Division of Quality Technology at Linköping University
• Segue - Silk Family of Products
• Mercury Interactive - Enterprise Testing and Performance Management
• Rational Software TestStudio

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