Quality Assurance and Its Standards: Importance in Various SDLC Models

Abstract

In recent years customers are more interested in user friendly softwares and best quality products, which make them more satisfied. That is the only reason why Software Quality standards should be considered. Software Quality management ensures that software has low number of defects and it reaches the required standards of maintainability, reliability and portability. Software standards are important to quality assurance as they represent an identification of best practice. The best way to check whether software is deliverable or not is through accessing software quality and getting reviews from its users. This may be based on different types of existing SDLC models. In this paper we will study how quality of software varies in different SDLC models and how it could be corrected through quality assurance standards. Keywords: SDLC process models, quality management, quality assurance.