Title
A Framework for the Balanced Optimization of Quality Assurance Strategies Focusing on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Abstract
The Quality Improvement Paradigm (QIP) offers a general framework for systematically improving an organization’s development processes in a continuous manner. In the context of the LifeCycleQM project, the general QIP framework was concretized for a specific application area, namely, the balanced improvement of quality assurance (QA) strategies, i.e., a set of systematically applied QA activities. Especially with respect to small and medium-sized enterprises, the encompassing QIP framework presents limited guidance for easy and concrete application. Therefore, individual activities within the QIP framework were refined focusing on QA strategies, and proven measurement procedures such as the defect flow model and knowledge from the area of process improvement (e.g., with regard to individual QA procedures) was integrated for reuse in a practice-oriented manner. The feasibility of the developed approach was initially explored by its application at IBS AG, a medium-sized enterprise, where improvement goals were defined, a corresponding measurement program was established, improvement potential was identified, and concrete improvement suggestions for the QA strategy were derived, assessed, and implemented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/SEAA.2009.95
EUROMICRO-SEAA
Keywords
Field
DocType
concrete improvement suggestion,medium sized enterprises,improvement potential,individual qa procedure,improvement goal,process improvement,medium-sized enterprise,qa activity,quality assurance strategies,balanced improvement,qip framework,qa strategy,balanced optimization,logic gates,development process,concrete,quality management,data mining,project management,software quality,optimization,quality assurance
QA/QC,Systems engineering,Computer science,Reuse,Data flow model,Software,Software quality,Quality management,Project management,Quality assurance
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1089-6503
978-0-7695-3784-9
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
7
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Kläs1969.50
Frank Elberzhager214620.44
Rolf van Lengen310.35
Torsten Schulz410.35
Jürgen Goebbels510.69
van Lengen, R.610.35