Key Points
Software quality management is concerned with ensuring that software has a low number of defects and that it reaches the required standards of maintainability, reliability, portability, and so forth. It includes defining standards for processes and products and establishing processes to check that these standards have been followed.
Software standards are important for quality assurance as they represent an identification of best practice. When developing software, standards provide a solid foundation for building good-quality software.
Reviews of the software process deliverables involve a team of people who check that quality standards are being followed. Reviews are the most widely used technique for assessing quality.
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