Quality Analyst

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Software Quality Analysts are responsible for applying the principles and practices of software quality assurance throughout the software development lifecycle.

The role of a software quality analyst is often confused with the software testing role. Most software companies designate software testing as software quality assurance, where as these roles are different (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?QaIsNotQc)

Roles in Software Quality Assurance are designated as Software Quality Assurance Engineer / Software Quality Analyst / Process Consultant.

Some of the tasks of Software quality analysts are:

1) Participate in QMS management review meetings.
2) Approves the QMS documents for which QA manager is the main author.
3) Undertake internal quality audits.
4) Plan and conduct quality audits of subcontractors.
5) Maintain and update training and audit databases to provide reports / indicators for
discussion during QMS management review meetings
6) Identify problems or deficiencies in products and QMS.
7) Resolve problems QMS implementation issues.

Note: Software Testing is product oriented, Software Quality Assurance is process oriented.