| Quality Assurance |
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| McFarland Technology Inc. is committed to quality software
products both in-house and as a supplier of software quality assurance (SQA)
services. The Software Quality Engineering (SQE) staff at McFarland
Technology has a comprehensive knowledge of all phases of the software life
cycle from requirements gathering through product maintenance. We
are qualified to implement SQA policies and procedures for software
development, perform independent assessments of software quality, and to
provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) for software
products/projects. |
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| Implementing effective SQA policies and procedures requires
a thorough understanding of quality philosophies, principles, methods, tools,
standards, and interpersonal dynamics between individuals, within teams, and
within an organization. Our SQE staff includes members who are
Certified Software Evaluators for the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) developed
by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University, as
well as Certified Software Quality Engineers (CSQE) recognized by the American
Society for Quality (ASQ). We are experienced not only in assessing a
client, but also in assessing subcontractors to that client to ensure a good
fit and a quality deliverable. |
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| In performing IV&V, our SQE staff employs rigorous
methodologies for evaluating the correctness and quality of software products
throughout the total software development life cycle. We have
extensive experience in software inspection, testing, verification, and
validation on both desktop products and embedded systems. Our
services include writing test plans, conducting testing, collecting performance
metrics, analyzing test results to identify areas of risk, and reviewing
software artifacts to ensure conformance to a quality process. |
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| We are practitioners of the Software Engineering Standards of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the CMM as defined by the SEI, and other industry
standards and practices that are recognized by the American Society for Quality
(ASQ). |
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"McFarland has been providing SQA services to M*Modal since April 2006. McFarland has demonstrated deep knowledge of the software development life cycle. They have assisted M*Modal in developing new internal communication strategies and documentation processes to improve the quality of our product suite. McFarland staff have produced a significant number of test cases and have put M*Modal on track to building a fully automated regression test suite."
Detlef Koll
Vice President of R&D
Multimodal Technologies, Inc. |
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