URS—User Requirement Specification
SRS– System Requirement Specification
Explain the software development lifecycle.
There are seven stages of the software development lifecycle
• Initiate the project – The users identify their Business requirements.
• Define the project – The software development team translates the business requirements into system specifications and put together into System Specification Document.
• Design the system – The System Architecture Team designs the system and writes Functional Design Document. During design phase general solutions re hypothesized and data and process structures are organized.
• Build the system – The System Specifications and design documents are given to the development team code the modules by following the Requirements and Design document.
• Test the system – The test team develops the test plan following the requirements. The software is build and installed on the test platform after developers have completed development and Unit Testing. The testers test the software by following the test plan.
• Deploy the system – After the user-acceptance testing and certification of the software, it is installed on the production platform. Demos and training are given to the users.
• Support the system – After the software is in production, the maintenance phase of the life begins. During this phase the development team works with the development document staff to modify and enhance the application and the test team works with the test documentation staff to verify and validate the changes and enhancement to the application software.
What is software quality’?
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Define software quality for me, as you understand it?
Quality software is reasonably bug-free, delivered on time and within budget, meets requirements and/or expectations, and is maintainable. However, quality is obviously a subjective term. It will depend on who the ‘customer’ is and their overall influence in the scheme of things. Each type of ‘customer’ will have their own slant on ‘quality’ – the accounting department might define quality in terms of profits while an end-user might define quality as user-friendly and bug-free.
What’s the role of documentation in QA?
Critical. (Note that documentation can be electronic, not necessarily paper.) QA practices should be documented such that they are repeatable. Specifications, designs, business rules, inspection reports, configurations, code changes, test plans, test cases, bug reports, user manuals, etc. should all be documented. There should ideally be a system for easily finding and obtaining documents and determining what documentation will have a particular piece of information. Change management for documentation should be used if possible.
At what stage of the SDLC does testing begin in your opinion?
QA process starts from the second phase of the Software Development Life Cycle i.e. Define the System. Actual Product testing will be done on Test the system phase (Phase-5). During this phase test team will verify the actual results against expected results.
Explain the pre testing phase, acceptance testing and testing phase.
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