RE: Another name for QA dept.

[Barbara Stuhlemmer <barbara -at- wanware -dot- com>]

Hey Beth,

I'm having problems posting to the list (domain name changes within the 
company) so you didn't see my response . One company I worked for called it 
the V&V dept. (Validation and Verification). QA (or QA/QC) was only used 
for finished (released) products to test and confirm they were made to spec 
and could be sold to a customer. The V&V department tested beta 
software/hardware to confirm they met the project specs. Even if they 
passed the V&V dept testing you could not send it to a customer because it 
was not a released product. Because this company was a medical equipment 
company, there were strict rules about development that had to be adhered 
to, to meet FDA regulations for accountability.

Barb

On Friday, July 14, 2000 8:08 PM, kanerb -at- concentric -dot- net 
[SMTP:kanerb -at- concentric -dot- net] wrote:
> OK, since no one else has said it (unless I missed something) -- I'll 
post
> this to the list.
>
> At one of the greatest places I ever worked (Artisoft), it was called the
> Test Engineering department.
>
> I thought that was much more descriptive than QA. What these guys do is 
test
> software. I think Quality Assurance is a sorry buzz-phrase that smacks of
> false promises.
>
> Hasn't anyone else worked someplace where they called it Test 
Engineering?
> Surely we weren't unique.
>
> Beth Kane
> Senior Communications Specialist
> PersonalGenie Inc., Tucson group
> www.personalgenie.com
> KaneRB -at- concentric -dot- net
>