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Cracking the IT Architect Interview

You're reading from   Cracking the IT Architect Interview The ultimate guide to successful interviews for Enterprise, Business, Domain, Solution, and Technical Architect roles as well as IT Advisory Consultant and Software Designer roles

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787121690
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sameer Paradkar Sameer Paradkar
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Software quality attributes are a critical factor in the long-standing success of any enterprise IT. Quality attributes increase organizational efficiency and profitability, reduce maintenance cost, and achieve customer loyalty. Quality audits help ensure that the software achieves value and efficiency. It is critical to perform quality audits in a consistent and planned manner. These audits should be typically carried out throughout the SDLC to validate artifacts produced at the end of various SDLC phases. Effective audits should not only focus on process conformance but also incorporate software architecture, design, build, and test to improve software quality.

Software quality is best achieved in the early stages of the SDLC, when the cost to remediate is less than it would be during the later phases of SDLC. Hence it is advisable to find and rectify defects close to their point of origin to reduce the impact. Normally, a software development life cycle is composed of many phases...

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