SQA Planning Standards

SQA Planning Standards

A special section for standards should be dedicated in SQA Planning. Before anything else the “rules” for checking the application should be laid out. When the standards are laid out, everyone will have a reference for checking the application.

The following are the standards that should be laid out in SQA Planning:

Documentation Standards – The SQA team should establish the standards on how the documents should be built.

Design Standards – The SQA team should identify the design and approach the developers will be using in developing the application. Since they are not the once who will be determining this standards, they have to work closely with developers.

Coding Standards – The developers will inform the SQA team regarding the coding. Using this, the SQA will know if the application was built according to the actual code.

Commentary Standards – A special section should be dedicated to the comments inserted in the code.

Testing Standards – The software and tools that will be used to test the application is written here. Aside from the software and tools, the approach on how the tests will be conducted is also laid out.

Metrics – The measurement that will be sought after the application is detailed here. The SQA team should clearly lay out what are the metrics they will be using in SQA.

General Approach – Lastly, the SQA team will write in general how they will monitor the development of the application to ensure compliance with the expected standards.

SQL Plan Style, Responsibility and Medium

The SQA Plan is basically a report that tells the clients who will receive the application what the SQA team will do to ensure that the application will live up to their expectations or maybe more. The output of SQA Planning is a written report distributed to the client made by the SQA team of the software development company.

The responsibility of creating the report is of course made by the SQA team. Depending on who handles the SQA for the application, the client should be able to communicate effectively to the SQA team so that they can update them regarding their expectations from the application.

The written report should be distributed either through paper or electronic transmission. The client and the development team should have a copy of the SQA plan. Because of this, the client will have a clear view of what to expect from the application. Developers on the other hand will also have an idea on what will be the actual benchmark in developing the right application.

Through the detailed SQA Plan, everyone involved in the project will know in advance how the application will work in the actual environment. From the planning to the technology transfer stage, the SQA team will set the benchmark on what the application should be. Through the detailed plan, everyone will know what to do and what to expect from the application if they are done according the written plan.