Monday, October 29, 2007

Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)


Software development process is comprised of the following four components:-
Plan : Devise a Plan. Define your objective and determine the strategy and support methods required to achive that objective.
Do: Execute the plan : Create the conditions and perform the necessary training to execute the paln.Make sure every one throughly understands the objectives and the plan.
Check:Check the result :Check to determine whether work is progessing according to the plan and whether the expected results are obtained .Check for performance of the set procedures, changes in conditions, or abnormalities that may appear.
Act: Take necessary action: if your checkup reveals that the work is not being performed according to plan or that results are not what was anticipated , devise measures for appropriate action.Testing only involves only check component of the plan- do -check -act(PDCA) cycle.

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