PNSQC? 2014 President's Welcome

摘要

This year's theme "Bridges to Quality" came about as we discussed all the processes and people that are involved in our development activities. The reality is that we all own quality and we should all feel empowered to do what is needed to meet and exceed our customers' expectations. Recently I was sitting down with a software quality leader who was rightfully frustrated that a development team was ignoring all the basic practices of software engineering. His team was relying on the software quality organization to test the product and determine its quality. This person's experience with their group is very backwards and fitting as we look forward to this year's conference and see how we can bridge the differences we have with our teams and processes. You can't test quality in - it must be built in from the very foundation.