Quality Assurance
 Small GROUP Exercise
Necessity

There are five group topics: 
dependable, reliable, safe, secure, resilient. We will call those the ‘Necessity’ attributes.
You are assigned to a group. Your group will present your findings to the class on the next class day.
Part I:
Identify an application, or needed system, where YOUR TOPIC is more important than the other  group topics, in your opinion.  Be prepared to explain why. Be sure all members of your group know the answer(s).
Part II:
Identify at least three approaches you recommend using to make sure your system is as good at (dependable, reliable, safe, secure, resilient) as possible. Be sure all members of your group understand the approaches.  How would you check the quality of a system for your topic?
Part III:
What affect do your approaches have on your application with respect to the OTHER ‘necessity’ attributes?  Is your application better or worse in each of the other areas because of your recommended approaches? Why or why not?
You have one day to work in your group, and then we will have one day for class discussion.
If you are 'off line', you will STILL be assigned one of the groups. Your report may be made available to the class for comments.

Part III:
What affect do your approaches have on your application with respect to the OTHER FOUR ‘necessity’ attributes?  Is your application better or worse in each of the other areas because of your recommended approaches? Why or why not?
You have the class period to work in your group, and then we will have each group present to the class next time.
If you are 'off line', you will STILL be assigned one of the five groups. In that case, your report must be written.  Your report may be made available to the class for comments.
SYSTEM NECESSITY INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
Explain your thoughts, as an individual, about the interaction between the five topics., after having heard presentations on all five topics.
Which of the approaches discussed should be done for all applications?
Which of the approaches should only be used when there is a critical need?
Send by email your impression of how much work was done by each member of your group. Percentages must add to 100% and names must be included.
Send your individual reflection in by email WITHIN ONE WEEK OF CLASS DISCUSSION.