Audits and Reviews

The Audits and Reviews section of the plan recognized the reviews and audits to be conducted through the software engineering team the SQA group and the customer. These give an overview of the approach for each audit and review.

I.   Purpose of plan

II.    References

III. Management

1.  Organization

2.  Tasks

3.  Responsibilities

IV. Documentation

1.  Purpose

2.  Required software engineering documents

3.  Other documents

V.    Standards, Practices, and Conventions

1.  Purpose

2.  Conventions

VI. Reviews and Audits

1.  Purpose

2.  Review Requirements

A.  software requirements review

B.  design reviews

C.  software verification and validation reviews

D.    functional audit

E.  physical audit

F.   in-process audits

G.  management reviews

VII. Test

VIII. Problem Reporting and Corrective Action

IX. Methodologies, Tools and Techniques

X.    Code Control

XI.   Media Control

XII. Supplier Control

XIII. Records Maintenance, Collection and Retention

XIV. Training

XV. Risk Management

Fig - ANSI/IEEE STD 730 1984 and 983-1986 Software quality Assurance plans.

The Test section references the software test procedure and plan. It also defines test record-keeping needs, Corrective Action and Problem Reporting defines procedures for tracking, reporting and resolving errors and defects and recognizes the organizational responsibilities for these activities.

The remainder of the SQA strategy recognize the tools and techniques which support SQA activities and tasks references software configuration management process for controlling change describe a contract management approach; building techniques for assembling safeguarding and maintaining all records identifies training needs to meet the requirement of the plan and describe techniques for assessing, identifying, monitoring and controlling risks.