.:: E-Cognosys | Quality Assurance ::.

The basic idea of this course is not to replicate the effort made by some of the professional training institutes in this area. We rather take a different approach to educate people for better quality software. We would like to give practical industry knowledge to build efficient software systems.

This course is designed to cover fundamental concepts in software quality engineering. Some of te key topics in this area are:

•     Software Quality Concepts
•     Software Development Process Models
•     Fundamentals of measurement theory
•     Software Quality Metrics Overview
•     Applying the basic quality tools in Software Development
•     Defect Removal Effectiveness
•     The Rayleigh Model
•     Exponential Distribution and Reliability Growth Models
•     Quality Management Models
•     In-Process Metrics for Software Testing
•     Complexity Metrics and Models
•     Measuring and Analysing Customer Satisfaction
•     Conducting Software Project Assessment
•     Dos and Don'ts of Software Process Improvement
•     Software Configuration Management

•     Project Management Guidelines & Techniques
•     Inadequacies of balanced scorecard for Project Management
•     Balanced Approach to IT Project Management

1 Project
2 Strategic Alignment & Programme Management
3 Project Processes
4 Project Foundation

•     Scope, Time, HR & Quality Management
•     Use new tools to support planning and execution, thereby shrinking time to market
•     Address crisis management
•     Customize best practices
•     Close the gap between theory and feasibility

Some of the other key topics will be

•     Review and validate project objectives
•     Establish a multi-functional project team
•     Define the framework by which team members will work together
•     Develop the work breakdown structure (WBS) and assign ownership to each task
•     Produce a schedule that can be managed by critical path and float
•     Refine estimates and finalize resource requirements
•     Develop risk management plans
•     Track, access and communicate project status
•     Manage issues, changes and additional risks
•     Conduct close-out reviews and communicate key learning