Quality Management

Quality Audit

For a large scale software development project, external auditors are suggested for below reasons:

Unbiased, Expert Recommendations

External auditors are well trained who can provide more objective views and reports to the management. As they are not influenced by the company background, culture, history and people, they only focus on the software development cycle and quality auditing. On the other hand, existing internal audit may have interest conflicts on the software or some company management is adverse to change, which may hinder the quality audit results.

Increase staff awareness

The procedure of audit will institute a check on the minds of the staff working in the business and they will not be able to commit any abnormality, as they will have a fear and will also be aware that the system will be examined in the near future and that action would be taken against them if any wrongdoing is exposed. Thus the audit prevents the happening of any wrongdoing before it starts and the staff hence becomes more active and accountable. The fear of their getting jammed act as a moral check on the staff of the company.

Discovers Errors

Business owners can use external audits to discover errors in their software development process. Errors may prohibit business owners from making the best decisions. External audits can help discover the trend of errors, and therefore allow developers to make improvement, business owners to plan future production output and estimate sales for the upcoming months.

Identifies Weaknesses in Internal Control

An external auditor is not only tasked with verifying if the product complies with quality standard or not, but also the development process as well as the documentations have enough internal version controls in place to reduce the chance of misreporting or fraud. This will allow separation of duties among internal developers and auditors.

Lends Credibility in the Market Place

Software systems that have been...