Chapter 3. The Quality Process Architecture

The change from craftsmanship to industrialization does not come with the change to a new technique. The change must come on a more fundamental level which also includes the organization of the complete development process.

Jacobson [1992]

Putting This Chapter in Perspective

The previous chapter focused on creating the right environment, and eliciting management support for necessary quality-assurance activities and tasks. A crucial aspect of that quality environment is a quality process. In this chapter we discuss what constitutes such a process, and how it helps to enhance quality in a UML-based project. This chapter does not propose a new process, but discusses the most commonly used activities ...

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