Software Quality Control

Software Quality Control (SQC) is a set of activities for ensuring quality in software products.

It includes the following activities:

• Reviews
  • Requirement Review
  • Design Review
  • Code Review
  • Deployment Plan Review
  • Test Plan Review
  • Test Cases Review
• Testing
  • Unit Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • System Testing
  • Acceptance Testing

Software Quality Control is limited to the Review/Testing phases of the Software Development Life Cycle and the goal is to ensure that the products meet specifications/requirements.

The process of Software Quality Control (SQC) is governed by Software Quality Assurance (SQA). While SQA is oriented towards prevention, SQC is oriented towards detection.

Note: Some people assume that QC means just Testing and fail to consider Reviews; this should be discouraged.

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