ix 1 Overview and Scope 1 2 Research Approach 3 3 Overview of Highlights from Brief Literature Search 4 4 Summary of Recommendations from Interviews 7 5 Interview Findings: Introduction 15 6 Interview Findings: Challenges from the Agile Program Manager Perspective 17 7 Interview Findings: Challenges from the Accrediting Authority Perspective 22 8 Implications of Existing Information Assurance P...

Accepted for publication 29 July 1993 Introduction Professional motivation has been central to the conduct of quality assurance programmes throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, and other parts of the world for many years, the single common aim being to effect continuous improvement in the quality of health care. A general account of the operation of UK NEQAS is given by Lewis and Jennings.' A ...

Quality is an important factor in software industry. Software quality depends upon the customer satisfaction which can be achieved through applying standards. In this era achieving quality software is very important because of the high customer demands. Developed countries are excelling in software industry and improving day by day. Meanwhile developing countries like Pakistan are struggling wi...

We give some background on the Software Assurance Metrics And Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) project and our decision to work on static source code security analyzers. We give our experience bringing government, vendors, and users together to develop a specification and tests to evaluate such analyzers. We also present preliminary results of our study on whether such tools reduce vulnerabilities in p...

Certain characteristics of software being developed and of the development environment influence how software assurance should be managed. The scope and size of the system are obvious attributes to consider. A large system is built by first decomposing it into pieces that are more easily managed. Project management decisions often influence how that decomposition is done.

An assurance case based regime requires a strong review element. Typically, one party is responsible for preparing the assurance case. Another party (the certification authority) is responsible for accepting the assurance case. Assurance cases are, by their nature, often subjective. The objective of assurance case development, therefore, is to obtain mutual acceptance of this subjective positio...

This paper investigates the nature of and dynamics surrounding the operationalisation of sustainability assurance within two Big 4 professional services firms who have developed significant markets in this area. Drawing primarily on a longitudinal series of in-depth interviews conducted over a four and a half year period with practitioners in both firms, the paper seeks to develop and deepen ou...

The quality of a cervical cytology laboratory depends on adequate handling and staining of the samples, screening and interpretation of the slides and reporting of the results. These guidelines give an overview of procedures recommended in Europe to manage the balance between best patient care possible, laboratory quality assurance and cost effectiveness and will be published as a chapter 4 in ...