Criteria Quality Assurance (SQA) Quality Control (SQC) 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
Criteria
Quality Assurance (SQA)
Quality Control (SQC)
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
