How You Can Benefit
IP Protection
Our medical device clients like working with us because we are an American based company with offices located throughout the United States. This allows our clients the security of knowing their Intellectual Property and expensive medical devices can remain local and secure. U.S. based offices also mean that all of our staff work in the same general time zone as you to make sure collaboration and communication remain easy and efficient.
Independent
An IV&V provider is a knowledgeable and engaged advocate working on your behalf throughout the development process, independent of any business considerations or internal politics of development organizations.
Technical independence ensures that IV&V providers practice accepted Quality Assurance methodologies.
Managerial independence allows IV&V providers to offer objective and timely reporting directly to your organization.
Financial independence, in the form of a separate budget, ensures that IV&V effectiveness is not compromised
Verification
Verifying that each step in the development process is complete and on track.
Ensure each phase of development meets acceptance criteria for the next phase.
Adhere to testing methodologies, provide timely test, status, and bug metric reports.
Check that all critical problems are resolved before the final release.
Validation
Validating that the final product satisfies functional and other requirements as documented in original software design specifications.
Advocate usability for ultimate end-users.
Track enhancements not just bug fixes.
Ensure that the system performs to expectation under all operating conditions.
The Shasta QA Process
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NEEDS ANALYSIS
Shasta QA meets with you to better understand your goals and challenges then develops a team alliance that transforms traditional outsourcing from compulsory need to a valuable competitive advantage.
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PROJECT PLANNING
Shasta QA works with you to develop a unique roadmap that includes planning and scheduling efforts, and a well-developed strategy to ensure adequate test coverage to drive your project to completion.
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PROJECT EXECUTION
Shasta QA conducts proper reporting practices that monitor and track the progress of your project so you can make real-time decisions regarding the application development.
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PROJECT MASTERY
Shasta QA uses a success formula that includes risk reduction methodologies, process adoption and bug modeling to improve and master overall project processes to strengthen your bottom line.