The implementation of a Software Quality Assurance

The Quality Standards are those that allow defining a set of development criteria that guide the way in which Software Engineering is applied. The standards provide the means for all processes to be carried out in the same way and are a guide to achieve productivity and quality. Models and Standards allow Software Companies to perform their tasks and functions taking into account software quality assurance. Any organization that is dedicated to the research, production, and marketing of software must consider quality, today with more reason, where there is a market in which the customer is increasingly demanding, not only in what refers to the price but above all, in terms of the services and reliability provided by software products. Quality plays a role determinant for the competitiveness of the company.

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When a company is working and decides to implement a Software Quality model, it is a sign that the company has the purpose of retaining and growing in the market, being competitive, protecting the interests of shareholders, taking care of the source of work and improving the quality of life of your staff. The implementation of a Software Quality Model or standard implies a change of mentality and training in all the personnel of the company taking into account the task performed by each person. The Quality in Software Company requires a very significant culture change both in the way of working and thinking. A few years ago, the Software Companies considered Quality as a secondary issue. Nowadays, companies that aim to export software must consider

The results of the audit are documented and forwarded to the director of the audited organization, the auditing entity, and any external organization identified in the audit plan. The report includes the list of non-conforming elements or other aspects for subsequent revisions and actions. When the audit plan is carried out, the recommendations are informed and included in the results of the audit. The audit can result in certification. This certification process begins with the issuance of a certification application and culminates with the awarding of the certificate. A quality certification system allows an independent evaluation that must demonstrate that the organization is capable of developing quality products and services. Quality, as an organization's management system, needs to define these processes and measure them, in order to manage them, that is, to have the capacity to propose improvements and recognize them.

To implement an improvement program it is necessary to define processes, decide what is to be improved, define what measures will be necessary to collect, how and where to take them, manage them using tools, use them for decision making and recognize improvements. When the process to improve is that of software development, it is important to define what objectives are to be achieved, to reduce the number of measures and, consequently, the cost of collecting them and the impact on the software production activity. Software Quality assurance is the result of the global movement within the process of continuous improvement of models and production standards in all industrial sectors, in particular, when it focuses on the production of information systems and specialized software.