Assessment Brief

Section 7

Description:
Library
Research Assignment
The
next major phase in software development life cycle (SDLC) is testing.
Quality assurance methods and testing help support this phase.
Investigate
the library and Internet for information on the various tests that should be
performed at different junctures of development and integration. Research
software-related quality assurance tools as well.

Compare
and contrast at least 4 tests that occur between the span of development
and final integration into a production environment (description of each
and how they support overall quality of the system or application).
Why
is software quality assurance important in system development?
What
are some of the software quality assurance methods that you would
embrace for ensuring quality in the application that you are developing,
and why?

Course Objectives:

Examine
the steps and types of testing and quality assurance needed in software
development.

Use the Test Type Comparison Table
as a sample of the types of tests that are available. This is not a
comprehensive list, so the students will probably have others in their lists.
Software or system quality assurance establishes the
standards, guidelines, and tools to measure and control quality, which is the
basis for the acceptance criteria employed during testing.
First, standards should be established against which
to be measured when performing reviews or testing. These standards can be put
in place for the following:

Documentation
Design
Coding
Comments
within code
Testing

Metrics are used for establishing quality assurance
and who is responsible for ensuring standards conformation to and metrics.
Another area to be considered is what tools or methods will be used to
evaluate application of quality assurance. These may include the following:

Sign-offs
of acceptance at every phase including sponsor and customer
Documentation
reviews
Design
reviews
Code
reviews
All
levels of testing
Status
communications
Change
control
Processes
for fixing and retesting errors

Section 8
Assignment
For this assignment, you will develop a plan for at least 3
types of tests, and describe the quality controls that you plan to perform
quality assurance.
The project deliverables are as follows:

Update the System
Requirements, Design, and Implementation Specification title page with
the new date.
Update the previously
completed sections based on the instructor’s feedback.
Test and Quality
Assurance Plan

Develop a plan for unit
testing. Include specific application functions that will be tested and
how the tests will be conducted.
Develop a plan for
system testing. Include areas that you will test within both the
application and a system as a whole and how errors will be tracked and
reported.
Develop a plan for user
acceptance testing. Include key stakeholders who should perform the test
and how they will record any issues that they find.

Develop a quality
assurance plan. Include specific quality assurance methods or control,
what their purpose is, and in which phase they will be utilized.

Please submit your
assignment.
For assistance with your
assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
 Other Information
Instructions:
System or Application
Design

A unit test plan with
functions to be tested and how the test will be conducted
A system test plan with
areas to be tested from application and system points of view and how
errors will be recorded and tracked
A user acceptance test
plan with stakeholders who will perform tests and a method for recording
issues
A quality assurance plan
with specific assurance methods and controls and identification of the
phase in which they will occur

The plan template document shows various test and quality assurance plan examples for
the above that could be shared with the student.
The report should be formatted according to APA guidelines.
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and format should be correct and
professional.