Software Engineering (2160701)

BE | Semester-6   Summer-2017 | 04/27/2017

Q4) (b)

Compare: Quality Control Vs. Quality Assurance.

Criteria

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Definition SQA is a set of activities for ensuring quality in software engineering processes (that ultimately result in quality in software products). The activities establish and evaluate the processes that produce products SQC is a set of activities for ensuring quality in software products. The activities focus on identifying defects in the actual products produced
Focus Process focused Product focused
Orientation Prevention oriented Detection oriented
Breadth Organization wide Product/project specific
Scope Relates to all products that will ever be created by a process Relates to specific product
Activities Process Definition and Implementation, Audits, Training Reviews, Testing