tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133004642012-01-09T10:25:35.889-08:00Prasanna Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15726227411519984102noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13300464.post-1127906839761699752005-09-28T04:07:00.000-07:002005-09-28T04:31:53.396-07:00

I got struck with the following questions during the implementation of CMMI in our current organization. I would like to get these questions clarified ASAP. If anyone have the answers or references for them, please give them as your comments here: How much time does it take for a medium sized organisation (of people varying from 100 to 500) to set up the initial set of processes & what are the

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While searching for calculation of Process Compliance Index, I came across this very good article on Composite model for QA mainly directed for the small and medium sized organisations. Here, the role of QA executives in providing a clear vision to the development process was clearly emphasized. Go through this article - worth calling it a must go through for any QA professional.According to my

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One person whom I met in a recent training session asked me why I opted for QA myself being an Engineer. His reservations is about the low salaries that QA professionals earn compared to Software Developers (I cant call them as "Software Engineers" because this term is very generalized. This has been emphasized by Roger Pressman in his book Software Engineering). Keeping apart others'

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In my previous post (COQ-The Quality Iceberg), COQ curves in Total Quality View created doubts to few as the X-axis was looking as if it is labelled "Defects" there. In factthe axis is the Degree of perfection achieved towards the individual curves like Appraisal, Prevention etc. The label "Defects" there is showing that as the Degree of perfection is increasing the Defects are reaching 0%. In

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Well, this link is not working now. But let me to explain this cartoon in brief here.This cartoon from dilbert was showing a developer asking the Process consultant "What documented procedure did you follow to come up with this new document for us?"--------------One of my peers (Sanjay) has recently sent me this one and I could not stop myself from laughing at it! These are common in any QA

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Just came across this S/W Quality Icerberg - showing the importance of internal Quality maintenance which is invisible to the external agent. Looking at this iceberg, the amount by which the Orgnanisation spends towards reducing the Cost of Poor Quality should idealy be more compared to the cost incurred in meeting the external defects identified.Read more on this Quality Icerberg here:http://

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I've started another blog CSQA.blogspot.com to put whatever information I can on CSQA.My vision is that all the CSQA aspirants should find this a one time resource for whatever on CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst). CSQA aspirants, enjoy the bliss!!

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It's nice to see that the importance of QA and Process Management has been on a rise since a while. The latest incidence which I came across is the SWEBOK-Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, A project of the IEEE Computer Society Professional Practices Committee. Earlier the areas of Software Development used to be only the phases which were derived from the typical Software Development Life

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I found myself drowning in this world of Software Engineering, when QA showed me some answers. The more I am trying to explore, the more deeper I am getting into. But that is where we find the treasures of knowledge.Here after, I would like to share the FAQs that I wanted to be readily available. Just to make everyone clear, these FAQs are related completely to Quality Assurance i.e., Process

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Requirement Traceability - Bidirectional traceability, What is Horizontal traceability; What is vertical traceability; Why is this required?.......... Similar questions are gallore for any QA Executive. See if this clarifies these doubts:Following is the 'text' as is, on the terms 'Horizontal traceability' & 'Vertical traceability'from different sources.(1) Source: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/

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Well,I would love to start with a post which describes the basic thing which has put me here-The BLOG, the short form of Weblog! I was really wondering whether a blog is simply an online diary!! I think the answer should be no! More precisely, it should not be just a Web Diary.This link gives a very good view of what a blog is for! I dont want to repeat it again.But would like to start with the

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