In developing products and services, quality assurance is any systematic process of checking to see whether a product or service being developed is meeting specified requirements.
Business Requirements are often ambiguous causing a lot of rework after code
construction
Project schedules slip due to lack of experienced test talent; software engineers
are performing testing functions
Performance and Load issues are discovered in production causing rework or
unplanned hardware expenditure
Senior management teams do not have the visibility into the “real” progress of a
project (e.g. unknown test coverage)
Automation software has been purchased but is sitting on the shelf or not
proving its ROI
IV&V activities early & throughout Project Lifecycle
Standardized test & defect management processes
Conducting the right testing at the right time
In-parallel test activities to speed test repeatability
Test effectiveness optimization
Continuing focus on reusable test artifacts
Metrics data gathering & analysis drive improvements
Specialized test management, design and execution expertise
Independent, Accountable Test Partner
Diverse business domain and technology expertise
Conformance to customer’s standards, infusion of best practices
Outstanding quality of service and responsiveness