Quality Assurance and Project Management:

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April 16, 2011  9:27 AM

Good Process Quality Can Put Appropriate Checks



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
process quality, project management, project process, project quality, QMS, quality management, Software Project

If process quality is in good shape it can put all sort of checks required to maintain project health and progress intact. A good process quality acts as a booster or catalyst to drive project in right direction without losing direction at any moment of time. Now, this can happen...

April 13, 2011  10:07 AM

When And Why Build A Test Plan



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management. Software quality, Project Plan, project quality, Software Project

Test Plan is a basic and fundamental document of quality department. It is project based document so has to be made afresh for each new project. It has not to be very thick document so that it does not become just a record purpose document in office in your drawer or shelf. On the...


April 7, 2011  11:16 AM

Limitations of QC



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management, project quality, project stage, Software Project, ‘QC

Quality Control as is evidently clear is a post facto exercise. It is something like finding faults or shortcomings in a product that has been built, manufactured or designed in its completeness. Drawback of QC is that it does nothing more than a post-mortem of the product....


March 29, 2011  11:46 AM

Check If Project Manager Fits The Bill Or Not



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

What Kind of Quality can you manage In your project if you don’t know well about your customer’s business and their expectations from the product your are going to build and deliver to cater to their business needs. Project management is very easy to perform as long as you have...


March 21, 2011  11:35 AM

Five Pillars Of Quality Drive



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management, project quality, Software Project, software quality

Three major components that lie in people who build a strong product meeting business requirements and user’s expectations could be termed as – business knowledge, product knowledge and quality sense. Quality as such is a subjective term unless you...


February 9, 2011  10:47 AM

Is Quality Expense Or Income For Software Development Organization



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
product quality, project management, project quality, QA, QC, software development, software product, Software Project

Is QA, or for that sake QC, an expense or an income for an organization engaged in software development commercially. A step further would be to ask if software development itself is an expense or an income for the same organization. No software is built for charity purposes by any...


August 2, 2010  10:15 AM

Ten Crucial Hiccups In Project Management



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
collaboration, communication, Leadership, project control, project management, project quality, Software Project, Team building, time-plan

As discussed in previous post Identifying Hiccups During Project Lifecycle the identification of the showstoppers or hiccups in a project is very crucial. An...


August 2, 2010  8:20 AM

Identifying Hiccups During Project Lifecycle



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business continuity, collaboration, project approach, project management, project organization, project quality, project size, project stakeholders, Software Project

A project of any nature or size, demands collaborative and systematic approach, from all teams, stakeholders. The teams engaged in various activities and tasks need to tackle hiccups and abruptions arising out of any internal or external turmoil. The time-bound...


May 26, 2010  12:14 PM

Eight Mantras To Win Over Battling Project Targets



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management, project monitoring, Project Plan, project progress, project quality, Project Status, project strategy, project target, project team, Software Project

Project Management is involves strategy, plan and intuition. A project may be complex to manage if project targets are not indentified properly. It may be simple to manage if project targets are identified, risks perceived correctly and risk mitigation plan is made a important...


April 30, 2010  7:09 AM

Two Questions for Quality Manager and Project Manager



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
customer requirement, Project Head, project management, project manager, project quality, QA, requirement analysis, software development, Software Project

1. At times development, requirement freezing gets done side by side and that too at customer location. In that case the product undergoes a lot of changes based on customer feedback on daily basis and finally product gets ready as per development team and customer. After that...


November 3, 2009  10:00 AM

Project Plans having no Place for ‘Documentation Process’ Compromise with the Quality



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project documentation, project implementation, Project Lifecycle, project management, Project Plan, project quality, project stage, quality, software, software quality, software testing, testing

If we have to compromise with the quality of project at various stages there are many ways to do that. Most stupid way will be to compromise with the quality of the software which in any case is going to create lot of hue and cry in the organization either prior to it goes to customer during...


June 22, 2009  10:00 AM

Role of Vendor and Customer in managing User Manuals



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
build phase, project management, project manager, project phase, project quality, project team, project walkthrough, quality, Software Project, stakeholder, User Manual

As already has been discussed, User Manuals play a crucial role in any software project and are the solid bonding between product, users, customer management and vendor project team. The stronger this bond is the more comfortable and happy each stakeholder will be. Each player has to play a crucial...


June 8, 2009  10:00 AM

Five pitfalls if you are leaving a scope of software development at customer site



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
functional lead, on-site development, project completion, project delay, project implementation, project management, project organization, project quality, project team, QC, quality, software development, software implementation, Software Project, software quality, technical lead, tester, testing

Ideally, in a software project, for an offshore customer, the requirement gathering phase should be given an extra care to understand to a maximum extent so that the product developed and tested when ready for implementation at customer site requires no development. Practically, it is very...


February 27, 2009  9:54 AM

Software Quality vs Project Quality



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business requirements, customer requirements, fixing of bugs, functional requirements, post implementation phase of project, project close-out, Project Delivery, Project Development, project execution, project implementation, project initiation, project management, project quality, quality measures, quality metrics, quality standards, software delivery, software design, software metrics, software product, Software Project, software quality, software strategy, test case, Test Plan, test results, test scenarios, test strategy

The definition of QUALITY varies in different contexts. On one hand we talk of software quality that means adopting standards and measures to ensure the building of software product that meets all customer requirements (design, interface, business requirements, functional...


February 25, 2009  10:02 AM

Top 20 End Objectives of any Software Project



Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Avoid cost increases, Avoid revenue loss, business survival, continuous learning, customer delight, customer requirements, customer satisfaction, first time right, growth, Improved service, Increase in revenue, maturity, profits, project completion, Project Lifecycle, project objectives, project overrun, project quality, project sign-off, Reduce costs, revenues, software business, software metrics, Software Project, software project management, software quality, software requirements, stakeholders, standards and methodology, team accountability, Team building, team responsibility, team role, transparency

Certainly and obviously, every business has a set of objectives. Every business strives for survival, growth, revenues, profits, satisfaction and maturity. The clearer the objective are, the easier it is to achieve them. To achieve the objectives, if the destination is clear,...


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