WGU C857 Software Quality Assurance - Study Guide

WGU C857 Software Quality Assurance - Study Guide •Detect defects. •Remove defects as close to the point of insertion as possible. •Determine product progress/status. •Identify potential improvements. •Produce technical work of a more uniform and predictable quality. •Assist employees with cross-training. •Reduce costs to build and maintain better products. •Reduce development time. •Reduce testing cost and time. •Reduce total system maintenance cost dramatically (as much as 10 to 1 according to recent statistics). Why should we conduct reviews? A buddy check is normally thought of as an informal verification technique in which the life-cycle work product is examined by the author and one other person. The objectives of buddy checks include: •Improve the life-cycle work product; •Consider alternative implementations; •Exchange techniques and style variations; •Point out problems with clarity and understandability; •Allow the author to look at the life-cycle work product from a different "angle" or point of view; •Mentoring of others in the concepts embedded in the life-cycle work product. What is a buddy check? Circulation reviews take on attributes of both buddy checks and walkthroughs. Circulation reviews can be informal or follow strict rules. The life-cycle work product is circulated to each reviewer who reviews it and either attaches comments, questions, and recommendations directly on the life- cycle work product or places them into a separate document. The objectives of circulation reviews include: •Improve the life-cycle work product; •Consider alternative implementations; •Point out problems with clarity and understandability; •Point out areas of concern and offer comments and suggestions; •Gain consensus from a large population of reviewers; •Gain input from valuable contributors who cannot be present for a face-to-face review. What is a circulation review?