Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance in Agile and Waterfall Software Development Methodologies: A Gap Analysis.

BY

Lakmali De Zoysa (2009/MISM/05)

Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of

MASTERS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

at the UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO

SUPERVISOR: DR. KAPILA PONNAMPERUMA CO-SUPERVISOR: DR GAMINI WIJERATNE

FEBRUARY 2011

DECLARATION
I certify that this Dissertation does not incorporate without acknowledgement any material previously submitted for the Degree or Diploma in any University, and to the best of my knowledge and belief it does not contain any material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the text

Date: ……………………………….

……………………………………… Lakmali De Zoysa

The undersigned, have supervised the dissertation entitled UALITY ASURANCE

IN

AGILE

AND

WATERFALL

SOFTWARE

DEVELOPMET

METHODOLOGIES: A GAP ANALYSIS presented by Lakmali De Zoysa, a
candidate for the degree of Masters in Information Systems Management, and hereby certify that, in my opinion, it is worthy of submission for examination.

Date: ……………………..

…………………………………………. Dr. Kapila Ponnamperuma Supervisor

I

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
It is a pleasure to thank those who made this thesis possible. I am heartily thankful to my supervisors, Dr Kapila Ponnamperuma, Dr. Gamini Wijayarathne and our coordinator Dr. Chaminda Jayasundara, whose encouragement, supervision and support from the preliminary to the concluding level enabled me to develop an understanding of the subject. Also I owe my deepest gratitude to Dr. Mrs. Kodikara Librarian and Dr. Ruwan Gamage Assistant Librarian of the University Moratuwa for kindly granting me permission to access the thesis section of the library. I‘m very much grateful to Mrs. Rukie Salgado and my uncle Mr. Arunashantha De Silva Deputy Legal Draftsmen for the government of Sri Lanka, for their eagerness to correct the language of the... [continues]

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