P/M/45. Quality assurance.

Introduction: Quality Assurance (QA) is assuring quality through fitness for purpose and in any development project should begin when the project is conceived, not just at the end. Quality Assurance should be included in every step of the Project Life Cycle, from Requirements Definition and Functional Specification, through Design, Programming, and Documentation. Quality Assurance helps prevent defects from entering a development project, whether software or system related. The following report will examine what quality is, its importance and benefits and what it then leads to if quality standards are met by organisations and IT Professionals. You will be able to see how quality can bring organisations success and when used by IT professionals, how quality management is achieved and what it is achieved through. It will then go on to explain how IT Professionals can achieve SQA. Software Quality Assurance is a field that is broad and intricate, this report will aim and discuss a miniature part of Software Quality Assurance and some aspects that are related to it.