Software quality assurance includes four essential components of software development processes:

- Software Quality
- Quality of the procedures
- The documentation
- Software data

1. The source code / computer program is needed because they activate the computer to perform the required applications.

2. Procedures are required to define the order and schedule in which the programs are performed, the method employed and the person responsible for performing the activities that are necessary for applying the software.

3. Various types of documentation are needed for project managers, developers, testers and users. The development documentation (requirement specifications, design specifications, coding standards etc.) allows efficient cooperation and coordination among development team members and efficient reviews and inspections of the design and programming products. The user documentation like user manual etc. provides a description of the available applications and the appropriate method for their use. The maintenance documentation provides the maintenance team with all the required information about the code and the structure and the task of each software module. This information is used when trying to locate causes of software failures or to change or add or existing software.

4. Data including parameters, codes and name lists that adapt the software to the needs of the specific user are necessary for operating the software. Another type of essential data is the standard test data, used to ascertain that no undesirable changes in the code or software data have occurred and what kind of software malfunctioning can be expected.

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