Exercise 1: QA Processes

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Aims of this Exercise

Quality Assurance (QA) processes are needed to ensure project deliverables work effectively, can be repurposed, can be deployed in a service environment, funders receive a return on their investment, etc.

In small groups outlines the main QA processes you would like to adopt in your project.

You should cover areas of Web, digitisation, software development, service deployment, metadata, etc. depending on the main focus of your project.

1: Web and Accessibility

What QA processes should you use to ensure Web resources comply with standards and best practices?

2: Metadata

What QA processes should you use to ensure that metadata comply with standards and best practices?

3: Software Development

What QA processes should you use to ensure that your software deliverables comply with standards and best practices?

4: Service Deployment

What QA processes should you use to ensure that your project deliverables can be deployed in a service environment with the minimum of difficulties?