Mastering Software Quality Assurance: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques for Software Developers

Chemuturi, a software development consultant and expert on quality assurance and testing in both the manufacturing and software industries, presents this overview of best practices for the software QA industry. Beginning with simply defining quality as it relates to software development, the work progresses through the concepts, tools and processes that the author believes should be rigorously applied to all levels of the software industry. Topics discussed include organizational cultures that foster quality, verification and validation techniques, reliability and disasters and an assessment of current certification paradigms and the need for a new standard. Though not explicitly a textbook this work would be appropriate and useful for undergraduate computer science students. Each chapter contains a clear chapter overview and many sample forms and checklists are provided. The volume includes twelve appendices that provide resources for specific areas of software testing such as databases, graphical user interfaces and stress testing and access to additional online information is provided. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Murali Chemuturi is an information technology and software development subject matter expert, hands-on programmer, author, consultant and trainer. He has more than 25 years of information technology and software development experience and several years of academic experience teaching a variety of computer & IT courses. In 2001, he formed his own IT consulting, training and software development firm known as Chemuturi Consultants. Mr. Chemuturi’s undergraduate degrees and diplomas are in Electrical and Industrial Engineering and he holds an MBA and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Methods & Programming. He is a published author in professional journals, a member of IEEE, a senior member of the Computer Society of India and a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering.