The Software Quality System

1.3 The Software Quality System

The quality factors are developed in a system called a quality system,

or quality management system.

The software quality system consists of the managerial structure,

responsibilities, activities, capabilities and resources to ensure that

the developed software products have the desired quality.

The quality management system encompasses the following activities:

- reviews of the projects’ qualities

- career development of staff

- development of standards and procedures

The concrete details of the quality management system will be contained

in a quality manual. A quality manual will contain standards, procedures

and guidelines and will be influenced by external standards.

- a standard is instruction of how a project document or program code

   is to be displayed ;

- a procedure is a step-by-step set of instructions describing how

   a particular software activity is to be carried out ;

- a guideline - consists of advice on best practice.