Quality Assurance Practices in Ireland Technical Report No: UL-CSIS-06-2

While the authors recognise that this survey cannot claim to be representative of the views on Quality Assurance within the SME software sector in Ireland, they provide an interesting overview of attitudes towards this topic. The data is sometimes contradictory and unclear but we use it to explore the issues concerning QA practices in which we and others, including Enterprise Ireland, have an interest. Initially, we examine the data concerning the attitudes towards and perceptions of Quality Assurance by the SMEs surveyed. We then discuss the use of specific QA techniques including testing, reviews and implementation of coding standards.