-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/2016 12:01 AM, Rayzer wrote:
Steve Kinney wrote:
The ability to monitor the supply chain inbound to the machinist, measure the parts the machinist makes and track them to their final destination in a larger assembly external customer, does not imply the ability to prescribe a specific manufacturing process, make the part in question, or to evaluate its fitness for use for a particular purpose. Those latter functions, and creation of specifications as acceptance criteria, are jobs for design and production engineers.
DUDE! You're on a tangent. The QA department writes the code to test the crypto or else your back to a machinist (the code writer) certifying his own parts (the code). In order to write the code they HAVE to understand how the fuck the code they're testing works
The division of labor relevant to QA breaks down like this: Design work is a collaboration between sales/marketing, engineering staff and (where applicable) customer representatives. QA participates by documenting the process and assuring that relevant facts are clearly communicated between these parties. QA does not need to understand the technical details, rather it needs to assure that people who do understand these details agree that they are correct per an evidence based process. Validation work is a collaboration between engineering staff, QA and customer representatives where applicable, with the sole objective of assuring that prototypes and first articles of a product performs as intended. Again, QA does not need to understand how the product works, only what it is supposed to do and whether or not it does that, per the report of other participants in the process. Inspection/verification work is a collaboration between engineering, production and QA staff, with the sole purpose of assuring that components and systems do not deviate from those that passed the validation process and were approved for production. QA is about process: Communication, documentation, and facilitating timely and effective remedial action when problems arise. QA personnel do not "do" any part of the engineering process; their whole mission is to facilitate reliable and effective work by others. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJW0FblAAoJEDZ0Gg87KR0Lfj8P/j7lrsJ95L7+kRZ5CpV6lSs0 fuc6h8LCh5KBRGR500UNZmgRsII6TWb+C37RbOGy4+8prdGw0Qjco9dRYQcXbf6n A6Wgvj/TZNXC/TO+FI9TB9h8/QyCxzkyIL44cfDIS1Srtz/F/TK3Uds4p+qXoF7k D4/mx60nMpomsrZDvW6nScJ2pkpDUIQ63IsUi91PoFTuZP3OCN/81f6Gd7foSlcx Xx9rBgo92coWMi7pMsgN1caHKoCCo7/6o2QqRhs3y86SpiIBEzAM5fRgKPZ9mRZc Na1HFw45Xz60CmuGPGdnm/pWRM9vH95G5fbICSd+jK3RhPE9I7TxyBdG67FgrkH8 QqKS7DU3j2zxdWFCDQktIzhh3J3xXseT/5mn+oBgIupcSr3g4hXS+SS+OwM2yOUi IFB5RfIVQluoW153Z6456oTIh1Ev/LerhDaQJEuOgNnlOeBbQJ9o6JKX98o2RFHZ cVK68iYg+x8g19G1ra++CPLGPppRO4qKi4K7BJn5mGFjZ/I0rWAPhykHbtPTUOQZ S7Nrfb7f2eLfV7In5j6bxRI2aHpaOrqmCouBiz/WD8823pmnjRZFlMd6TNRYRvad jKdffDO76VykccH+HiWnbupGYZFWGGWYligJZPFTk4wbrutnRXdiBqmXLq2putor yMpY6hwCIgFdnxddkgxp =27dz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----