Unit I. Introduction and Overview

·         The software industry today: the state and quality of the ark

·         Software quality challenges and expectations

·         Software engineering and SQA: definitions and key components

·         Structured vs. traditional software development and enhancement

     and Software Quality Assurance (SQA)

·         The systems development life cycle: steps or phases and results

·         The tools, techniques and methods of SQA

·         Productivity and SQA: the impact of application

Unit II. Software Development Life Cycle: the Product View

·         The software project infrastructure

·         Systems development life cycle overview: its relationship to the

      project infrastructure and key SQA points

·         Life cycle phases and quality factors

·         Systems initiation and planning

·         Analysis and requirements definition

·         Software design

·         Coding and unit testing

·         Testing and integration of system(s)

·         Production, use, evaluation and enhancement

·         Quality gates: the different types and categories per type of

      systems development effort

·         The concept and application of baselines

·         SQA events, functions and deliverables

Unit III. Software Configuration Management (SCM)

·         Introduction and overview

·         Management concepts, key points and necessary involvement

·         The SCM plan and tools

·         Configuration management

·         Software configuration identification

·         Software configuration control, auditing and status accounting

·         Case studies and exercise

Unit IV. Software Quality Assurance

·         Software development and enhancement standards and

      the SQA function

·         Additional SQA events and functions

·         Testing, verification and validation

·         Walkthroughs and inspections

·         Software audits

·         Management reviews

·         Planning, budgeting and management of SQA

·         Case histories and exercises

Unit V. Testing, Validating and Evaluating

·         SQA testing, validation and evaluation strategies: module, unit,

      system, integration and acceptance

·         SQA metrics: measurements for and of effectiveness

·         Software quality evaluation techniques

·         Defect tracking: what to track where, analysis and improvement

      methods

·         Application exercise

Unit VI. Special Topics

·         Project data: management, production and control

·         Organization and personnel

·         Effects of resource availability on quality

·         Software reporting metrics

Unit VII. Planning, Organizing, Implementing and Managing for SQA

·         Tailoring the function

·         Determining methods and tools

·         Developing a SQA corrective action procedure

·         Resource allocation

·         Cases, exercises and examples

Unit VIII. Review and Evaluation

·         Developing, and/or updating, individual and organizational

      action plans

·         Key points to remember and future information sources