Error Prevention in General


What does "error prevention in general" mean?
This means all measures which are not directed at only a specific result, but have a more global significance, e.g.:
  • Definition of uniform project standards (standard distribution lists, document templates, programming conventions, use of tools, etc.).
  • Performance of systematic risk analyses.
  • Project-specific preventive and corrective measures (e.g. brief analysis of the errors after every review; termination or kickoff meetings for each phase, etc.).
  • Performance of general or specific training measures (e.g. courses in review technique, database design, etc.).
  • Measures which support communication and teambuilding on a general level (e.g. regular project meetings, which also include a "social" component; possible project coaching by experts trained in psychology, etc.).
  • Analysis of error causes (e.g. in the form of an external error cause analysis following completion of a release in order to derive conclusions for the next release).

These measures must be documented in the QA plan and checked for compliance.


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