July 24, 2011 2:18 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
customer requirement,
development plan,
development team,
project management,
Project Plan,
QA,
QC,
software development,
Software Project,
team managementRequirement Coverage: Requirement gathering and its documentation both need to be crisply and completely covered. Any lack in either of the activity is like a volcano in the making. In fact 88 percent of project failures worldwide are due to wrong or incomplete requirement...
July 24, 2011 2:03 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management,
QA,
QC,
SDLC,
software development,
software development lifecycle,
Software Project,
testingSoftware development comprises of various stages and components. As software development is a subset of Project Management; there are many similar components of Software Development Management. Some substantial components of Software Development would be –
• Team...
May 14, 2011 8:29 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management,
project manager,
QA,
QC,
quality manager,
Software Project,
software qualityProject Manager can never be a quality cop because if he becomes a quality cop, he will never be able to finish his job. For quality manager it is very difficult to become a project manager as having a critic’s mind he will have more than hundred percent chances to have conflicts...
May 14, 2011 8:22 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Development,
documentation,
implementation,
project management,
QA,
QC,
Software ProjectWhat happens if a requirement wrongly understood during study phase gets resulted into a mess at a later stage. Minor gaps can always be fixed at any stage of the project. But a requirement if changes 180 degrees after it has been built in the software application and then if...
February 9, 2011 10:47 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
product quality,
project management,
project quality,
QA,
QC,
software development,
software product,
Software ProjectIs 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...
July 22, 2010 11:05 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
developer,
project management,
QC,
software development,
Software Project,
software testing,
tester1. Showstopper: Product manager always has the perception that the development team wants the progress of work whereas QC or testing team jams the progress. They even try to project in the way of showing development team sitting idle when the product is lying with testing team for...
January 15, 2010 9:45 AM
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 ControlProject 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 6, 2010 10:00 AM
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,
testingIn software development life cycle when the product is completed by development team, it is handed over to testing team for thorough or
November 30, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
component,
Project,
project management,
QA,
QC,
quality,
Software ProjectYes, you are not mistaken. We are not talking about the ‘will’ here; we are talking about the ‘wheel’. This is not ‘wheel of fortune’ giving you some pleasant and unpleasant surprises. This is ‘Quality’ wheel. If you keep this wheel rotating in your projects, the...
November 27, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Development,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
QA,
QC,
quality,
Software ProjectIt is said that if you are going to a new place and you have done your research about that place before starting your journey, you are definitely going to call off lot of troubles. It does not mean that when you actually start your journey and reach that place or till the time you stay there...
November 26, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Bug,
development team,
functional testing,
load testing,
performance testing,
product development,
product release,
QC,
Regression Testing,
software,
software build,
software development,
software product,
testingDevelopment Team has finished with a new version of the software product. The product is ready for testing before releasing it to production team provide QC approves it after testing that no severe bugs are there. Test environment is prepared for QC team to perform the complete...
September 25, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Development,
implementation,
live run,
project closure,
project execution,
project feedback,
project initiation,
project management,
project milestone,
project phase,
Project Planning,
project progress,
project task,
project team,
QC,
sign-off,
Software Project,
test report,
testing,
UATA project starts with initiation phase and ends up with project closure report. Then afterwards there is post project feedback (after a considerable amount of time given to the customer to get conversant with the product) and warranty support followed by support contracts over a period of time. ...
September 16, 2009 12:00 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business rule,
business specification,
customer requirement,
customer specification,
development phase,
development plan,
functional testing,
load testing,
performance testing,
QC,
QC head,
software development,
software product,
Software Project,
team size,
test case,
test effort,
Test Plan,
tester,
testing effort,
testing effort estimation,
testing phase,
testing plan
A new project, a new product development – as a QC head how do you estimate your testing effort?
Well, some quick steps for this:
1. Customer requirements: Customer specifications or requirements captured at the time of initial study period would be a quick reference guide for estimating...
September 3, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business application,
developer bug,
life management,
pareto principle,
programmer,
QA,
QC,
quality,
software,
Software application,
software testing,
task management,
tester,
time managementPareto Principle or Pareto Rule is quite fascinating in managing personal and professional life, time management, task management, self motivation etc. Crux is if you focus few vital issues in life you manage major part of your life better. The same applies in profession, organization, department...
August 10, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Application development,
application quality,
functional testing,
functionality,
new feature,
QA,
QC,
quality,
software testingThere is no end to an application. It always asks for a new feature, alter in functionality, addition/ change of business rule etc. With any change in the existing application running in a live environment, the change needs to be tested for all aspects of quality before putting it live. The...
July 22, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
QC,
quality,
software,
tester,
testingA love for music - if you can move to music, you can dance: Same applies to testing also. If you have love for testing, and you can move to its music, you can be a good tester.
A sense of rhythm: If you understand the product well and move along well, in a right rhythm, you win the game.
...
July 20, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
bugs report,
code writing,
coding,
customer requirement,
developer,
Development,
development team,
product quality,
project management,
QC,
quality,
software product,
Software Project,
software quality,
test case,
test report,
tester,
testing reportThe responsibility of a tester is to ensure the peace of mind of the end users who are going to use the software product. Another target should be to safeguard customer's investment in the product. In order to discharge this responsibility, the tester should focus all his skills on understanding...
July 17, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business analyst,
developer,
development team,
HR,
implementation team,
people management,
product,
product build,
project management,
project manager,
project team,
Q-tag,
QA,
QC,
quality,
quality building,
quality culture,
Software Project,
stakeholder,
testing teamPeople are not wrong, processes are. People in an organization do what they are told to do. Organizations who hit on people at the time of failure are not doing the right thing. It is the process that is to be blamed not the person with Q-tag. As long as quality is considered to be the child of...
July 15, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Bug,
bugs report,
business analyst,
development team,
implementation team,
product approval,
project implementation,
project management,
project management framework,
project methodology,
project team,
Q-tag,
QA,
QC,
Quality-tag,
re-testing,
software build,
software implementation,
Software Project,
stakeholder,
team,
test report,
testing,
testing teamIn any software development and implementation company there is always a need of quality assurance and quality control people who own the responsibility of setting the right methodology and framework for development and implementation (QA), bugs identification and product approval (QC). Usually...
July 6, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
analysis,
customer requirement analysis,
functional testing,
functionality,
load testing,
performance testing,
product analysis,
product functionality,
Project Planning,
QA,
QC,
quality analyst,
security testing,
software,
software build,
software document,
software documentation,
software functionality,
software performance,
Software tester,
software testing,
test case,
test coverage,
test performance,
Test Plan,
test result,
testing processA software tester evaluates software based on certain parameters. These parameters are set as per product, customer and organization requirements. Testing could be just of functional features or include load, performance and security. For any parameters a tester has to work as quality analyst to...
June 8, 2009 10:00 AM
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,
testingIdeally, 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...
March 23, 2009 10:30 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
ascending approach,
best result,
brainstorming,
cornerstone,
experience,
innovation,
knowledge,
linchpin,
organizational interest,
product and quality,
product knowledge,
product quality,
project management,
project manager,
Project Plan,
project team,
QA,
QC,
quality,
quality dependence,
quality issue,
quality manager,
quality strength,
recession,
scarcity of business,
smart weapon,
software business,
software organization,
Software Project,
software team,
team culture,
team management,
thinking,
win-win situation,
wisdomDue to recession, there is scarcity of business and projects for software organizations. In such a situation, the projects in hand (and the forthcoming ones) have to be handled very carefully for a win-win situation. To attain that, there are certain smart weapons that a project manager needs to be...
February 18, 2009 10:02 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
product development,
product manager,
project management,
QA,
QC,
Software Project,
Software Quality Control,
SQA,
SQCWhen work pressures are too high, deadlines are on head, we tend to bypass our own standards, procedures and policies. A product manager if affords to skip testing for that purpose, that means he is committing a crime which is quite serious offense. Any management supporting this idea becomes part...
February 6, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
QC,
Regression Testing,
software development,
software product,
software testing,
tester,
testingRegression testing comes into picture in “re-testing” of a product. The purpose is very clear – a thorough testing. Regression testing has to be as rigorous as possible, for this reason. And regression testing never happens once, it has to happen again and again till the product reaches at a...
February 2, 2009 9:51 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
developer,
QA,
QC,
quality head,
quality manager,
software,
software quality,
SQA,
SQC,
tester,
testingThe young inexperienced or short experienced budding testers are the one who will determine the future of testing. This is the prime thing that the QA head has to keep in mind while grooming and mentoring them. The testers have to have a firm belief that the future of testing is going to be...
January 22, 2009 11:03 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Bug,
bug filtering,
project lead,
project management,
QC,
software,
software development,
software testing process,
tester,
testing,
testing process In an organization engaged in software development, usually each software goes through testing process by a separate set of team in the organization know as Testers meant exclusively for the purpose of testing. It matters most what this process is being thought as by the development team, project...
January 19, 2009 10:14 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Bug,
Bug Control Management,
Bug Management,
developer,
QC,
software,
software development,
software quality,
software quality assurance,
Software testers,
software testing,
testerBugs are often invincible during development, especially in large projects when multiple sub-teams of developers are working on development of different sub-modules of the project. The software developed (or during development) will always appear innocent and bug-free to the team of developers. It...
December 24, 2008 10:04 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
ChangeManagement,
Development Manager,
Project Development,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
QA,
QC,
SDLC,
software,
software qa,
software quality,
software quality assurance,
software testing,
SQAThe goal of any software organization is to develop software applications in-house, or co-develop with an external agency, that meet and exceed internationally accepted quality standards. Every one knows it, that the key role in this is of QA department. With this intention, a dedicated QA...
