Software Quality Audit
Software Quality Audit
-Quality Audit is related to the results which comply the planned arrangements.
-It allows to cross check the planned arrangements are properly implemented or
not to achieve quality testing objectives.
4. Internal Audits: These are the audits, performed by the personnel within
the organization.
• Examining the testing processes, being carried out, against the planned &
defined procedures and guidelines, which was documented in the form of
a testing or a quality manual, prior to testing phase, for the purpose of
directing the testing phase.
▪ Test Suite.
▪ Test Cases.
▪ Test Logs.
▪ Defect Report.
▪ Status.
▪ Test Coverage.
▪ Traceability Matrix.
• Interviewing the various testing professionals, engaged at each different
level of the testing phase, to gain access to each one's prevailing thoughts
with respect to the testing process.
What could be covered under Audit process?
Depending upon the needs and thorough inspection, many things could be
brought under the radar of the audit process, such as
• Test Cases: It is examined, to check whether the test cases, have the
enough coverage of complete specified requirements, functionalities and
features.
• Sometimes, some of the bugs are not resolved or fixed, keeping in account
their severity, and the product is released or delivered with those bugs, with
the view to fix them later. Therefore, it may be inspected that if any known
or identified bug, is still prevailing in the delivered product.
• Different Levels of testing, to ensure that a bug does not gets filtered
through, without getting noticed or detected.
Conclusion:
In light of the above, it may be concluded that auditing is a must process, to
maintain the reliability and integrity of the testing process, along with the
adherence to the certain specified criteria and standards, to ensure the
effectiveness and efficiency of the testing phase, along with the detection of gaps
and loopholes, which may help in preventing the bugs and defects in the software
application.