COQAA LINKS – QA Institutions
The Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) is exclusively dedicated to partnering with the enterprise-wide Information Quality profession. QAI is an international organization consisting of member companies in search of effective methods for detection-software quality control and prevention-software quality assurance. QAI provides leadership and state-of-the-art solutions in the form of consulting, education services, and assessments.
Software
Engineering Institute (SEI)
The SEI mission is to provide leadership
in advancing the state of the practice of software engineering to improve the
quality of systems that depend on software.
The SEI accomplishes this mission by
promoting the evolution of software engineering from an ad hoc, labor-intensive
activity to a discipline that is well managed and supported by technology.
SEI
Software Process Improvement Networks
American Society for Quality (ASQ) The American Society for Quality advances individual and organizational performance excellence worldwide by providing opportunities for learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange.
Columbus Chapter of ASQ.
ISO Online The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries, one from each country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Software Quality Engineering (SQE) SQE assists software professionals and organizations throughout the world with improving their software testing and quality engineering practices. The company's hands-on experience and training expertise help companies -- large and small -- to improve testing practices, gain measurable control over software projects, and ultimately deliver better software.
DSDM.ORG The DSDM Consortium is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to defining, promoting and continuously
evolving its de-facto world wide standard for developing business focused
solutions within very aggressive time frames. DSDM provides a nonproprietary
approach for ensuring that solutions incrementally and rapidly meet the needs of
the business.
Project Management Institute Since its founding in 1969, Project Management Institute (PMI®) has grown to be the organization of choice for project management professionalism. With over 55,000 members worldwide, PMI® is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management. PMI establishes Project Management standards, provides seminars, educational programs and professional certification that more and more organizations desire for their project leaders.
Columbus Chapter of PMI
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Software Assurance Technology Center - NASA' s center for software quality
European Organization for Quality