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From: jjacobs@well.sf.ca.us (Jeffrey Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: SQA (was: Re: The Software Process - Watts Humphrey.)
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Date: 29 Oct 90 21:41:26 GMT
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The problem is that most people confuse "Quality Assurance" with finding
errors/defects.  This improperly equates QA with Testing.  Testing is only
a subset of the functions that QA should perform.

QA should be as concerned with *preventing* defects as with finding them.
QA should be involved with the entire SDLC process, not just testing the
final product.  QA should be involved with improving the entire process,
e.g. setting standards, conducting in-progress reviews, performing
post-mortems, etc.


Jeffrey M. Jacobs
ConsArt Systems Inc, Technology & Management Consulting
P.O. Box 3016, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
voice: (213)376-3802, E-Mail: 76702.456@COMPUSERVE.COM