Process Fanatics are Necessary

Most development executives want to improve their product development processes and achieve

• Faster time to market


• Higher quality products


• Products that resonate better with users

And though all of these can be achieved with improvements to software development processes, they rarely seem to get done.

One recurring reason for not achieving these is the absence, in many software organizations, of a dedicated SQA (Software Quality Assurance) employee or department. Too often, management loosely assigns the responsibility to an already-overworked employee, which guarantees that SQA will crash and burn.

It's too bad that SQA is given such mediocre attention, because it's often the key factor in achieving better products that release faster.

Do you agree? Is SQA often the secret to better products?

-Judi