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    Intro to

    SOFTWARE QUALITY
    ASSURANCE
    Hello!
    I am VANESA ORBON-OSIANA

    ▹ Graduated BS Computer Science at Bicol


    University
    ▹ Software Quality Assurance Manager & Tester in
    ASTI-DOST
    ▹ Taking up, Master of Technology Management at
    UP Diliman

    FB: /vanesaosiana
    EMAIL: vanesa@asti.dost.gov.ph
    Ice Breaker Exercise

    Count “F” in 10 secs

    “FINISHED FILES ARE THE


    RESULT OF YEARS OF
    SCIENTIFIC STUDY
    COMBINED WITH THE
    EXPERIENCE OF YEARS”
    Ice Breaker Exercise

    How many “F”s?


    Who says 3?
    Who says 4?
    Who says 5?
    Who says 6?
    Actually there 6 F’s

    “FINISHED FILES ARE THE


    RESULT OF YEARS OF
    SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED
    WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF
    YEARS”

    The brain tends to skip the “OF”.


    LESSON: Even your own eyes can deceive you.
    Why SQA is a
    necessary skills
    for aspiring
    IT professionals?
    WHEN THINGS GO WRONG in SOFTWARE
    PROJECT TEAMS has to WORK OVERTIME
    RESULTING TO A LOSS OF...

    ▹ TIME
    ▹ MONEY

    ▹ QUALITY
    BIG DISASTERS CAN HAPPEN

    CAUSE: SOFTWARE PROBLEM


    1991: PATRIOT MISSILE FAILED

    DISASTER:
    ▹ 28 dead soldiers
    ▹ 100 injured
    ▹ destroyed
    American
    barracks
    CAUSE:
    ▹ failed to intercept
    incoming missile
    due to rounding
    error incorrectly
    calculated time
    1999: NASA MARS CLIMATE SPACECRAFT LOST

    DISASTER: LOST
    CAUSE:
    ▹ simple data
    conversion
    error
    ▹ used english
    units instead of
    metric units
    COST:
    ▹ $125M
    2014: 13M CARS (AIRBAG) RECALL

    CAUSE:
    ▹ software error
    that cause
    electronics
    problem that
    partially
    shutdown the
    car
    COST:
    ▹ 13M cars
    1983: WORLD WAR III (almost)

    DISASTER:
    ▹ almost NUCLEAR
    WORLD WAR III
    CAUSE:
    ▹ Soviet missile
    detection falsely
    indicated US
    launched
    missiles due to
    sunlight
    reflection off
    cloud-tops
    All this happened because, we
    didn’t do SOFTWARE
    QUALITY ASSURANCE
    checks and tests...
    What is
    SOFTWARE QUALITY
    ASSURANCE?
    SOFTWARE QUALITY
    ASSURANCE

    The function of software quality ASSURES


    that the STANDARDS, PROCESSES, and
    PROCEDURES are APPROPRIATE for the
    project and are CORRECTLY implemented.
    SOFTWARE QUALITY
    ASSURANCE ≠ SOFTWARE
    TESTING

    Software Testing is only PART of


    Software Quality Assurance
    Advantages
    ▹ Save TIME & MONEY
    ▹ Sign-off QUICKLY
    ▹ Build TRUST & RESPECT
    ▹ Earn REPUTATION for
    EXCELLENCE
    When?
    Testing begins EARLY, do it
    OFTEN and it’s the
    responsibility of EVERY
    TEAM MEMBER!
    RELATIVE COST of BUG FIXING
    >150x
    150
    relative cost of bug fixing

    100

    50x
    50

    20x
    5x 10x
    1x
    0
    requirements design code dev tests acceptance tests operations
    SDLC - Waterfall
    SDLC - Iterative/Agile
    DOST - ASTI
    Software
    Quality
    Assurance
    Process
    SQA Roles

    ▹ SQA Engineer/Tester
    ▹ SQA Team Leader
    ▹ SQA Manager
    Tools?
    Salary Range

    The average salary for a Test / Quality


    PHP
    Assurance (QA) Engineer is

    350,837 per year or PHP


    29,236.41 per month. People in
    this job generally don't have more than 10 years'
    experience.
    SOURCE:
    http://goo.gl/Wq6I5d
    Data from Payscale.com

    SOURCE:
    http://goo.gl/Wq6I5d
    Data from Payscale.com

    Php 12,483.16 Minimum / month


    Salary

    Php 59,129.91 Maximum / month


    Salary

    SOURCE:
    http://goo.gl/Wq6I5d
    thanks!
    ANY QUESTIONS?

    You can find me at:


    FB: /vanesaosiana
    EMAIL: vanesa@asti.dost.gov.ph
    Credits

    ▹ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival


    ▹ Photographs by Pinterest & Google Stock
    Photos Results
    ▹ NIIT &.softwareqatest.com SQA Data
    ▹ Payscale Salary PH Data

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