General topics & Quality concepts

New to Software Quality.

dina_kd — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:13:57 -0500

Hi all.

I'm Dinesh, plannig to do CSQA during Dec'06. Can you forum members guide me for the preparation..

Basically I need the course material and also the objective/subjective questions with answers...

Pl. help me out

Thanks & Regards,

Dinesh

Process Models

admin — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:02:15 -0500

A decades-long goal has been to find repeatable, predictable processes or methodologies (software engineering) that improve productivity and quality. Some try to systematize or formalize the seemingly unruly task of writing software. Others apply project management techniques to writing software. Without project management, software projects can easily be delivered late or over budget. With large numbers of software projects not meeting their expectations in terms of functionality, cost, or delivery schedule, effective project management is proving difficult.

CSQA June 2006 Subjective questions

vibes — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:35:08 -0500

Some of the subjective questions in CSQA June 2006 exam.

Exam pattern as follows:

Part1: Objective 50 questions 45 mins

Part2: Subjective 10 questions 75 mins

Part3: Objective 50 questions 45 mins

Part4: Subjective 10 questions 75 mins

Deming's 14 principles must be remembered or mugged word to word.

vibes — Mon, 08 May 2006 10:01:36 -0500

* Yes. No score will be awarded if the principles are written in different words.\n* No. Only the overall meaning must be understood well in depth.\n* \n* \n* \n

QA Articles

admin — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:55:26 -0500

Articles related to various Quality topics.

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TQM (Total Quality Management)

admin — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:46:56 -0500

TQM (Total Quality Management)

1. A management philosophy which seeks to integrate all organizational functions (marketing, finance, design, engineering, production, customer service …) to focus on meeting customer needs and organizational objectives. It views organizations as a collection of processes. It maintains that organizations must strive to continuously improve these processes by incorporating the knowledge and experiences of workers.

2. Total quality management is the management approach of an organization, centered on quality, based on the participation of all of its members, and aiming at long-term success through customer satisfaction and benefits to all members of the organization and to society.

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Strategy for CSQA Exam prep ( 2 )

admin — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:40:30 -0500

Strategy for appearing in CSQA exam
Part 2...

I will be covering some of the points that were helpful to me in clearing my
exam in 30 days preparation. Needless to say, this is not a cheat list to clear
the exam. My experience tells that unless you have a background of handling
development projects, it is difficult to answer the subjective questions. Some

references are given at the end of the article:

• Focus on any one quality model: say ISO, CMM, Malcolm

General topics &amp; Quality concepts