Software Engineering

Participate in the SWE-IPT
.
 Senior representatives of the software test and eval-
uation organization should participate in the SWE-IPT to contribute to making 
favorable architectural decisions. Representatives from software test and evalua-
tion bring their knowledge of testing demands and challenges to the SWE-IPT.
2. 
Identify software test and evaluation feasibility, challenges, constraints, and 
risks.
 Representatives of the software test and evaluation organization should 
identify software testing challenges, constraints, feasibility, and risks associated 
with the physical architecture.
3. 
Finalize the software test plans and procedures.
 The software test and evalua-
tion plans and procedures should be finalized to reflect the effort necessary to 
conduct software acceptance testing. Software test procedures must be estab-
lished for each software test case and scenario identified during the preliminary 
architecture definition. Software test procedures should articulate the detailed 
steps that need to be followed to perform each test, including test setup and 
post-test analysis actions.
4. 
Conduct software quality assurance inspections and audits.
 Software quality 
inspections should be conducted periodically to examine software engineering 
artifacts and products to ensure that they are complete, accurate, and conform to 
established policies and procedures. Software quality inspections should be con-
ducted to ensure that organizations are complying with established procedures 
and are observing approved plans. The following software quality inspections 
should be conducted during the preliminary architecture definition effort:
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  Inspection of the structural configuration
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  Inspection of the structural unit specifications
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  Inspection of the structural component specifications

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