Artech House Computing Library

By: John W. Horch

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Hardcover | 28 February 2003 | Edition Number 2

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312 Pages

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22.86 x 17.78 x 2.54

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If you are responsible for designing, implementing, or managing a quality software program, this updated edition of the Practical Guide to Software Quality Management now identifies 10 major components that make up a solid program in line with ISO 9001 quality management precepts. Thoroughly revised and with new chapters on software safety and software risk management, this comprehensive primer provides you with the starting points for a standardized documentation system, and analyzes each individual program component separately, addressing in detail its specific role and overall importance to the system.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Computer Programming & Software Development Software Engineering Software Testing & Verification Engineering & Technology Mechanical Engineering & Materials Production & Industrial Engineering Industrial Quality Control Business & Management Management & Management Techniques Management of Specific Areas

Production of Quality Control Management Business Applications Computer Science Systems Analysis & Design

Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
The Elements of a Complete Software Quality System	p. 1
Definitions	p. 1
The elements of a software quality system	p. 6
Additional issues	p. 20
Summary	p. 25
The next step	p. 26
Standards	p. 29
Areas of standardization	p. 30
Sources of standards	p. 38
Selection of standards	p. 44
Promulgation of standards	p. 46
Nonstandard standards	p. 48
Summary	p. 48
The next step	p. 49
Reviews	p. 51
Types of reviews	p. 53
Review subjects	p. 60
Documentation reviews	p. 61
Summary	p. 71
The next step	p. 72
Testing	p. 73
Types of testing	p. 74
Test planning and conduct	p. 82
Who does the testing?	p. 91
Summary	p. 93
The next step	p. 94
Defect Analysis	p. 97
Analysis concepts	p. 98
Locating data	p. 100
Defect repair and closure	p. 104
Selecting metrics	p. 107
Collecting measurements	p. 111
Quality tools	p. 115
Implementing defect analysis	p. 123
Summary	p. 127
The next step	p. 128
Configuration Management	p. 131
CM components	p. 132
Configuration identification	p. 137
Configuration control	p. 141
Configuration accounting	p. 145
Summary	p. 148
The next step	p. 149
Associated Quality Concerns	p. 151
Security	p. 151
Education	p. 158
Vendor management	p. 167
Maintenance	p. 173
Summary	p. 180
The next step	p. 180
Software Safety	p. 181
Aspects of software safety	p. 182
Safety issues	p. 183
Safety requirements	p. 186
Safety management	p. 189
Summary	p. 190
The next step	p. 191
Risk Management	p. 193
Types of risk	p. 193
Risk management process	p. 199
Summary	p. 202
The next step	p. 202
Software Documentation	p. 205
Management documents	p. 206
Development documents	p. 211
Test documentation	p. 217
User documentation	p. 219
Training documentation	p. 222
Documentation standards	p. 223
Summary	p. 224
The next step	p. 225
Quality System Implementation	p. 227
Planning the implementation	p. 227
The quality charter	p. 229
Changing the organizational culture	p. 229
Organizational considerations	p. 231
Development organization participation	p. 236
Implementation strategies	p. 237
SQS improvement	p. 241
Summary	p. 242
The next step	p. 243
Sample Outline of Software Development Plan	p. 245
Sample Outline of SQS Plan	p. 247
Sample Outline of Configuration Management Plan	p. 249
Sample Outline of Software Requirements Specification	p. 251
Sample Outline of Software Preliminary Design Specification	p. 253
Sample Outline of Software Detailed Design Specification	p. 255
Sample Outline of Test Plan (System)	p. 257
Sample Outline of Test Case	p. 259
Sample Outline of Test Report	p. 261
Sample Quality Management Charter	p. 263
Sample Software Safety Plan	p. 269
Sample Risk Management Plan	p. 271
Acronyms	p. 273
About the Author	p. 275
Index	p. 277
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