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Software Quality and Testing Standards

• Software quality refers to how well a product meets established requirements that accurately represent stakeholder needs, wants, and expectations.

• There are eight classifications of software error causes, including faulty definition of requirements, client-developer communication failures, deliberate deviations from software requirements by the developer, logical design errors, coding errors, noncompliance with documentation and coding instructions, disintegrated testing process, and user interface and procedure errors.

• Software quality planning involves producing a project-level quality plan that identifies relevant quality standards and regulations, defines quality requirements and goals, selects applicable software quality procedures, supports the introduction of new procedures, and supports the utilization of tools for Software Quality Assurance.

• Software Quality Assurance involves defining and evaluating software processes to ensure relevant quality standards are met, and it should be free from technical, managerial, and financial pressures, support systematic planning and implementation, fulfill technical requirements and stakeholder considerations, and consider external factors such as schedule and budget.

• Software Quality Control involves a set of procedures to ensure that the software meets its quality goals, ensures that the software is free from high defect rates, supports systematic checking, supports functional and non-functional requirements, and leads to verification, validation, and software testing.

• IEEE 730-2014 Standard defines the requirements for initiating, planning, controlling, and executing the Software Quality Assurance processes of a software development or maintenance project, and it is applicable to both standalone software products and software products part of a system.

• ISO/IEC 25010:2011 Standard defines the necessary and desired quality characteristics required in a software product, and it focuses on the representation of stakeholders’ needs, consisting of Quality In Use (Category A) and System/software product quality (Category B).

• A Software Requirements Specification is a document that clearly defines the system under development, its intended audience is the owner, development team, and end users of the system, and it should cover system needs, a high-level description of the system functionality, goals of the system, definition of terms, definition of acronyms, references, overview, and general description.

• Key characteristics of a Software Requirements Specification include being complete, traceable, precise, understandable, unambiguous, organized, verifiable, correct, consistent, concise, modifiable, and usable.

• Benefits of having a Software Requirements Specification include being able to understand and specify requirements, provide precise statements about the functions of the system, provide a basis for costs and schedules estimations, provide a baseline for validation and verification, mitigate the problem of language barriers, prevent requirements confusion, prevent mixing of functional and non-functional requirements, reduce development efforts, and serve as a basis for enhancement.

• IEEE 830-2009 Standard defines the contents and characteristics of a good Software Requirements Specification, including Introduction, Overall Description, Specific Requirements, and Supporting Information, and its characteristics include being unambiguous, complete, modifiable, traceable, verifiable, consistent, and usable.

• IEEE Standard Software Testing, Finite State Machines, and Agile Software Development

• A comprehensive spreadsheet of all use cases should be used to organize and track ongoing testing.

• A software test plan is a document that describes the objectives, scope, approach, and focus of software testing.

• The software test plan validates the acceptability of a software product, covers all requirements specifications, and should be organization-wide.

• Integration testing involves combining two or more components into a larger structure for testing and can be carried out via parallel testing.

• Finite state machines are a model for describing the dynamic behavior of an object over a period of time.

• Finite state machine elements include states, transitions, inputs, and outputs and can be represented in multiple formats.

• Key limitations of finite state machines include heavy reliance on representations and operations and the potential for incorrect representation of states and transitions.

• Markov chains are finite state machines with stochastic transitions described with probability values.

• Microsoft used finite state machines to model asynchronous callbacks in software systems to improve performance and reliability.

• The Agile Software Development Framework supports constant dialogue, small releases, and continuous refactoring in Software Quality Engineering.

• The principles of Agile Software Development include customer satisfaction, change management, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Oracle Agile PLM is a solution that helps businesses manage their product value chain and supports agile product governance, collaboration, and cost.

Software Quality and Testing Standards

• Software quality refers to how well a product meets established requirements that accurately represent stakeholder needs, wants, and expectations.

• There are eight classifications of software error causes, including faulty definition of requirements, client-developer communication failures, deliberate deviations from software requirements by the developer, logical design errors, coding errors, noncompliance with documentation and coding instructions, disintegrated testing process, and user interface and procedure errors.

• Software quality planning involves producing a project-level quality plan that identifies relevant quality standards and regulations, defines quality requirements and goals, selects applicable software quality procedures, supports the introduction of new procedures, and supports the utilization of tools for Software Quality Assurance.

• Software Quality Assurance involves defining and evaluating software processes to ensure relevant quality standards are met, and it should be free from technical, managerial, and financial pressures, support systematic planning and implementation, fulfill technical requirements and stakeholder considerations, and consider external factors such as schedule and budget.

• Software Quality Control involves a set of procedures to ensure that the software meets its quality goals, ensures that the software is free from high defect rates, supports systematic checking, supports functional and non-functional requirements, and leads to verification, validation, and software testing.

• IEEE 730-2014 Standard defines the requirements for initiating, planning, controlling, and executing the Software Quality Assurance processes of a software development or maintenance project, and it is applicable to both standalone software products and software products part of a system.

• ISO/IEC 25010:2011 Standard defines the necessary and desired quality characteristics required in a software product, and it focuses on the representation of stakeholders’ needs, consisting of Quality In Use (Category A) and System/software product quality (Category B).

• A Software Requirements Specification is a document that clearly defines the system under development, its intended audience is the owner, development team, and end users of the system, and it should cover system needs, a high-level description of the system functionality, goals of the system, definition of terms, definition of acronyms, references, overview, and general description.

• Key characteristics of a Software Requirements Specification include being complete, traceable, precise, understandable, unambiguous, organized, verifiable, correct, consistent, concise, modifiable, and usable.

• Benefits of having a Software Requirements Specification include being able to understand and specify requirements, provide precise statements about the functions of the system, provide a basis for costs and schedules estimations, provide a baseline for validation and verification, mitigate the problem of language barriers, prevent requirements confusion, prevent mixing of functional and non-functional requirements, reduce development efforts, and serve as a basis for enhancement.

• IEEE 830-2009 Standard defines the contents and characteristics of a good Software Requirements Specification, including Introduction, Overall Description, Specific Requirements, and Supporting Information, and its characteristics include being unambiguous, complete, modifiable, traceable, verifiable, consistent, and usable.

• IEEE Standard Software Testing, Finite State Machines, and Agile Software Development

• A comprehensive spreadsheet of all use cases should be used to organize and track ongoing testing.

• A software test plan is a document that describes the objectives, scope, approach, and focus of software testing.

• The software test plan validates the acceptability of a software product, covers all requirements specifications, and should be organization-wide.

• Integration testing involves combining two or more components into a larger structure for testing and can be carried out via parallel testing.

• Finite state machines are a model for describing the dynamic behavior of an object over a period of time.

• Finite state machine elements include states, transitions, inputs, and outputs and can be represented in multiple formats.

• Key limitations of finite state machines include heavy reliance on representations and operations and the potential for incorrect representation of states and transitions.

• Markov chains are finite state machines with stochastic transitions described with probability values.

• Microsoft used finite state machines to model asynchronous callbacks in software systems to improve performance and reliability.

• The Agile Software Development Framework supports constant dialogue, small releases, and continuous refactoring in Software Quality Engineering.

• The principles of Agile Software Development include customer satisfaction, change management, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Oracle Agile PLM is a solution that helps businesses manage their product value chain and supports agile product governance, collaboration, and cost.

Software Quality and Testing Standards

• Software quality refers to how well a product meets established requirements that accurately represent stakeholder needs, wants, and expectations.

• There are eight classifications of software error causes, including faulty definition of requirements, client-developer communication failures, deliberate deviations from software requirements by the developer, logical design errors, coding errors, noncompliance with documentation and coding instructions, disintegrated testing process, and user interface and procedure errors.

• Software quality planning involves producing a project-level quality plan that identifies relevant quality standards and regulations, defines quality requirements and goals, selects applicable software quality procedures, supports the introduction of new procedures, and supports the utilization of tools for Software Quality Assurance.

• Software Quality Assurance involves defining and evaluating software processes to ensure relevant quality standards are met, and it should be free from technical, managerial, and financial pressures, support systematic planning and implementation, fulfill technical requirements and stakeholder considerations, and consider external factors such as schedule and budget.

• Software Quality Control involves a set of procedures to ensure that the software meets its quality goals, ensures that the software is free from high defect rates, supports systematic checking, supports functional and non-functional requirements, and leads to verification, validation, and software testing.

• IEEE 730-2014 Standard defines the requirements for initiating, planning, controlling, and executing the Software Quality Assurance processes of a software development or maintenance project, and it is applicable to both standalone software products and software products part of a system.

• ISO/IEC 25010:2011 Standard defines the necessary and desired quality characteristics required in a software product, and it focuses on the representation of stakeholders’ needs, consisting of Quality In Use (Category A) and System/software product quality (Category B).

• A Software Requirements Specification is a document that clearly defines the system under development, its intended audience is the owner, development team, and end users of the system, and it should cover system needs, a high-level description of the system functionality, goals of the system, definition of terms, definition of acronyms, references, overview, and general description.

• Key characteristics of a Software Requirements Specification include being complete, traceable, precise, understandable, unambiguous, organized, verifiable, correct, consistent, concise, modifiable, and usable.

• Benefits of having a Software Requirements Specification include being able to understand and specify requirements, provide precise statements about the functions of the system, provide a basis for costs and schedules estimations, provide a baseline for validation and verification, mitigate the problem of language barriers, prevent requirements confusion, prevent mixing of functional and non-functional requirements, reduce development efforts, and serve as a basis for enhancement.

• IEEE 830-2009 Standard defines the contents and characteristics of a good Software Requirements Specification, including Introduction, Overall Description, Specific Requirements, and Supporting Information, and its characteristics include being unambiguous, complete, modifiable, traceable, verifiable, consistent, and usable.

• IEEE Standard Software Testing, Finite State Machines, and Agile Software Development

• A comprehensive spreadsheet of all use cases should be used to organize and track ongoing testing.

• A software test plan is a document that describes the objectives, scope, approach, and focus of software testing.

• The software test plan validates the acceptability of a software product, covers all requirements specifications, and should be organization-wide.

• Integration testing involves combining two or more components into a larger structure for testing and can be carried out via parallel testing.

• Finite state machines are a model for describing the dynamic behavior of an object over a period of time.

• Finite state machine elements include states, transitions, inputs, and outputs and can be represented in multiple formats.

• Key limitations of finite state machines include heavy reliance on representations and operations and the potential for incorrect representation of states and transitions.

• Markov chains are finite state machines with stochastic transitions described with probability values.

• Microsoft used finite state machines to model asynchronous callbacks in software systems to improve performance and reliability.

• The Agile Software Development Framework supports constant dialogue, small releases, and continuous refactoring in Software Quality Engineering.

• The principles of Agile Software Development include customer satisfaction, change management, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Oracle Agile PLM is a solution that helps businesses manage their product value chain and supports agile product governance, collaboration, and cost.