Quality Assurance and Project Management:

January, 2010

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January 29, 2010  8:05 AM

Ten Reasons to Adopt Hoshin Kanri for Project Management



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Hoshin, hoshin kanri, kanri, process, project failure, project management, project methodology, project result, project strategy, project success, Software Project

Project Management is an Art and Science both. An artistic touch makes it beautiful. A scientific approach makes it successful. Both are essential in case of a software project. Hoshin Kanri is a Japanese term. In Japanese,...

January 28, 2010  11:38 AM

Seven Commandants for the Success of any Project



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management, project manager, Software Project

  • 1) Any project is undertaken for success. No organization, no management or no project manager would start a project with an intention of making it a failure. 2) Success is a combination of two main ingredients: Decision and Choice. Choice mainly comes from the top management, Decision from...


  • January 26, 2010  9:00 AM

    What Generates Reputation Risk to my New Software Product?



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    project management, Reputation risk, Software Project

    As discussed in the previous articleWhat is Reputation Risk in regard to a Software Product?” the situation can arise in case of any product or...


    January 25, 2010  8:14 AM

    What is Reputation Risk in regard to a Software Product?



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    Reputation risk, software development, software product, testing

    Reputation risk of the product is a very critical factor related to a product that a company delivers to its customer(s). The reputation risk of a product is directly related to the rate of acceptance of a product by its end users and is indirectly related to the volume of benefit...


    January 22, 2010  11:12 AM

    Ten Benefits of Continuous Learning Programs for Project Teams



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    culture, developer, performance, project management, project team, recognition, Software tester, training

    There is no end to learning. Still water becomes contaminated and harmful for use. Continuous flowing water keeps it fresh and pure. Similarly if your developers and testers or for that sake anybody in the organization keeps performing the same functions without any...


    January 19, 2010  10:50 AM

    Have You Installed Latest Patch For YOUR OWN Upgrade



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    patch, programmer, software, tester, training, update, upgrade

    Like a piece of software or hardware requires regular upgrades and updates to perform smoothly with the changes scenarios, a programmer or tester also needs the same. Or for that sake every human being on personal and professional front requires it. How it is done is important. In...


    January 15, 2010  9:45 AM

    Ten Linking Factors between Project Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    Bug, bugs report, project management, Project Management Methodology, project manager, Project Plan, QA, QA compliance, QA head, QC, Software Project, Software tester, software testing, Version Control

    Project Management is vague if not adhered to a proper project management methodology. Project management methodology is useless if not in sync with a project. Quality Assurance is an integral part of project management methodology. The...


    January 13, 2010  10:10 AM

    Five Benefits of Linking a Bug to its Respective Identifier, Creator and Killer



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    Bug, bug fixing, defect, developer, programmer, Project, project cost, project delay, project management, software development, Software Project, tester, time sheet

    Bug is a common factor between a tester and a developer. A developer creates a bug, tester identifies it, and then the same or different developer in turn kills the bug. A developer has two faces – creator of bug and destroyer of...


    January 11, 2010  6:25 AM

    Sixteen checkpoints for Software Project, Project Methodology, Project Management and Project Managers



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    project management, project manager, project methodology, Software Project

    1. It is important to create and follow a methodology for your software project management. 2. Let your project management not turn into a sad story. 3. Out of a project...


    January 8, 2010  6:45 AM

    Avoid Bug Fixing Nuance



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    Bug, developer, project management, software development, Software Project, software testing, tester

    Usually when the bugs report is submitted back to developers by the testers after testing the product, the developers fix the bugs and return back the product for re-testing. Definitely in any software development project there are multiple developers involved in the development...


    January 6, 2010  10:00 AM

    Development-QC-Development-QC-Dev-Product Launch



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    blackbox testing, boundary value testing, Bug, business specification, BVA, customer requirement, customer specification, development team, implementation team, performance testing, project management, QC, QC feedback, Regression Testing, software development, Software Project, tester, testing

    In software development life cycle when the product is completed by development team, it is handed over to testing team for thorough or


    January 5, 2010  12:08 PM

    An orthodox software project scenario



    Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
    Bug, coder, coding, developer, Development, project management, software, Software Project, tester, testing

    In most of the orthodox software project scenarios software testing is a late entry. Mostly testing starts when the coding is finished. The concept of complete code testing prevails where the testers are assumed to conduct testing on the product once it is...


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