Testing/Assurance

Expertise

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Testing/Assurance

As an independent professional organisation, Zircon provides a fresh and objective perspective.  This ensures the consistency, completeness and correctness of the development process and software, as well as the supporting documentation and its verification and validation.

Quality Planning & Audits

Verification & Validation activities form a key part of the overall process of ensuring software quality.  However, by themselves they do not guarantee software quality, as additional considerations, such as planning, traceability, and configuration management, are required.

We can determine or examine your, or your contractor’s, software quality procedures, their application and their suitability for a project, to ensure that the appropriate level of quality has been determined and has been effectively applied.

Verification & Validation/Testing

We bring a fresh and objective perspective to the whole process.  We look for consistency, completeness and correctness of software and its supporting documentation at all stages of the project lifecycle.

Zircon has expertise in devising test plans and test specification documents, based on a range of test methodologies and techniques.  Testing by itself though, does not ensure software quality and Zircon can review and analyse other considerations, such as planning, traceability and configuration control systems, to ensure that delivered software meets the necessary quality considerations.

We are able to provide an independent Verification & Validation capability.  This ensures that these tasks are undertaken by a team that is separate from the core software development group, and that the process does not impact on the quality of the delivery.

Technical Reviews

We undertake code, design, specification and technology reviews to enhance our Verification & Validation services.  These reviews also determine whether the processes, specifications and technologies in question are appropriate, and meet industry best practice (including issues such as in-service maintainability and supportability of the software).