SQA Organizations/Certifications

Software QA and Testing Organizations

SEI

Software Engineering Institute web site; info about SEI technical programs, publications, bibliographies, some online documents, SEI courses and training, links to related sites.

IEEE Standards

IEEE web site; has Software Engineering Standards titles and prices; the topical areas for publications of interest would include listings in the categories of Software Design/Development and Software Quality and Management.

ASQ

American Society for Quality - American Society for Quality web site; geared to quality issues in general, not just Software QA. ASQ is the largest quality organization in the world, with more than 100,000 members. Also see the ASQ Software Division web site for information related to Software QA and the Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) certification program.

Society for Software Quality

The Society for Software Quality web site; has chapters in San Diego, Delaware, and Washington DC area; each with monthly meetings.

QAI

Quality Assurance Institute web site; is dedicated to partnering with the enterprise-wide Information Quality profession.

Certification Information

CSQE

ASQ (American Society for Quality) CSQE (Certified Software Quality Engineer) program - information on requirements, outline of required 'Body of Knowledge', listing of study references and more.

CSQA/CSTE

QAI (Quality Assurance Institute)'s software certification program for CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst) and CSTE (Certified Software Test Engineer) certifications.

ISEB Software Testing Certifications

The British Computer Society maintains a software testing program of 2 levels of certifications - ISEB Foundation Certificate, Practitioner Certificate.