STSC
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Software Technology Support Center initiated at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
It serves as a consultancy to organizations wishing to adopt software
technology. 

It provides support for

1. Software process improvement.
2. Software Technology adoption leading to increased product quality and 
   efficiency.
3. Software technology evaluation for 
    Systems Engineering and Development
    Software Quality and Test
    Software Measurement
    Project Management
    Configuration Management
    Software Acquisition Management


Software Quality and Test
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STSC offers a "complete" software quality program called SQE ( Software
Quality Engineering ).

It consists of support in the form of workshops for the following

1. Software Quality Assurance 
   Assuring the organization that software process(es) which have been
   established are being followed.
  
   Activities resulting in "fitness for use".

2. Software Inspections 
   Formal inspection of software specs, implementation by a group other
   than author(s).

   How are these different from code walk through or peer reviews ?

3. Inspection Moderation
   Finding Major "defects" in the software. 
   This is done by an inspection team. 
   Documentation of inspection results is important.

4. Software Reliability
   Analyzing statistical data collected during the software development cycle
   to estimated the system reliability in the field.

   How are quality and reliability related ?
   What data to collect ? 
   
5. Defect Prevention 
   Analyzing Project Documentation - requirements doc, design doc, test plan,
   and development plan.
   Improve Defect Detection capabilities by early test planning and
   documentation reviews.

6. Software Test Process Improvement    
   Effective development of test plans.
   How to choose testcases  ? Prepare checklists and trackers ?
   How to make testcases efficient ?
   How to review test documents ?
   Have we tested enough ?
   How to use automated tools to manage test ?



   Important terms 

   Failure Mode Effects Analysis
   Quality Metrics & Data Repository
   Defect Analysis and Prevention
   Reliability Engineering