SQA System
Overview
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Where we have been so far,
Where we are going
Basic Concepts
SQA Plan
What is quality?
step one: contract review
step two: schedule FTRs
step …
schedules
Plan Components
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Reality Check…
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Is an SQA plan just busy-work, or does
it really pay off?
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Hughes Aircraft
 moved
from level 2 in 1987 to level 3 in 1990
 cost = $500K
 benefit = $2M annually
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Raytheon
 moved
from level 1 in 1988 to level 3 in 1993
 productivity doubled
 ROI = $7.70 per $1 invested
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Pre-Class Reading
CMM Effectiveness Case Studies
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Hughes Aircraft
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Schlumberger
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Texas Instruments
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Tinker AFB
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SQA Components
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Pre-Project Components
Development and Maintenance Activities
Error Reduction Infrastructure
SQ Management Components
SQA System Assessment
Human Components
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1. Pre-Project Components
Contract Review
 Development and Quality Plans
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 Development
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schedules
manpower requirements
tools
 Quality
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Plans
Plans
measurable quality goals
success criteria for each project phase
scheduled V&V activities
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2. Life Cycle Components
Software Testing
 Reviews
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varying levels of formality
 specs, designs, code modules, documents, etc
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Maintenance
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corrective
 adaptive
 functional
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3. Error Prevention and
Improvement Infrastructure
work procedures
 templates and checklists
 staff training
 preventive actions
 configuration control
 document control
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4. Management Components
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Project Progress
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schedules, budgets, risk analysis, …
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Quality Metrics
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Quality Costs
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5. SQA Assessment
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Quality Management Standards
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SEI CMM
 ISO 9001
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Process Standards
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IEEE 1012
 ISO 12207
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6. Human Components
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Management
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SQA Unit
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SQA committees and forums
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ISO 15504
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SPICE = Software Process Improvement
Capability Determination
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framework for process improvement
similar to SEI CMM
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ISO Standards for Quality
ISO 9000 : Quality Management and
Quality Assurance Standards - Guidelines
for selection and use
 ISO 9001 : Quality Systems - Model for
quality assurance in design/development,
installation, and servicing
 ISO 9000-3 : Guidelines to applying 9001
to software
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ISO 9000
ISO 9000 seeks to set criteria which achieve a goal and
is not prescriptive as to methods. The requirements
come in Sections 4 to 8.
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Section 4 is entitled General Requirements
 Section 5 is entitled Management Responsibility
 Section 6 is entitled Resource Management
 Section 7 is entitled Product Realization
 Section 8 is entitled Measurement, analysis and improvement
In each of these areas, ISO 9001: 2000 seeks to set
out key requirements, which if met will ensure quality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9000
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IEEE Std 1012 - IEEE Standard for
Software Verification and Validation
1. Overview
2. Normative references
3. Definitions, abbreviations, and conventions
4. V&V software integrity levels
5. V&V processes
5.1 Process: Management
5.2 Process: Acquisition
5.3 Process: Supply
5.4 Process: Development
5.4.2 Activity: Requirements V&V
5.4.3 Activity: Design V&V
5.4.4 Activity: Implementation V&V
5.4.5 Activity: Test V&V
5.4.6 Activity: Installation and Checkout V&V
5.5 Process: Operation
5.6 Process: Maintenance
6. Software V&V reporting, administrative, and documentation requirements
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Annex A Mapping of ISO/IEC 12207 V&V requirements to IEEE Std 1012 V&V activities and tasks
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ISO 12207
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ISO 12207 is an ISO standard for software life cycle
processes.
Standard ISO 12207 establishes a process of life cycle for
software, including processes and activities applied during
the acquisition and configuration of the services of the
system. The standard has the main objective of supplying a
common structure so that the buyers, suppliers, developers,
maintainers, operators, managers and technicians involved
with the software development use a common language.
This common language is established in the form of well
defined processes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_12207
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