QA Focus Handbook

QA Focus Handbook

This page provides access to the QA Handbooks which were produced by the QA Focus team.

The handbooks are intended to provide printed copies of the materials given on the QA Focus Web site. For ease of printing the handbooks are provided in MS Word format.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 1: About Quality Assurance (MS Word format)

This 13 page handbook provides an introduction to quality assurance.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 2: Quality Assurance For Standards (MS Word format)

This 29 page handbook provides advice on the selection and use of standards.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 3: Quality Assurance For Digitisation (MS Word format)

This 76 page handbook provides advice on digitisation of resources.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 4: Quality Assurance For Web (MS Word format)

This 82 page handbook provides advice on use of the Web.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 5: Quality Assurance For Metadata (MS Word format)

This 43 page handbook provides advice on the use of metadata.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 6: Quality Assurance For Software (MS Word format)

This 26 page handbook provides advice on the selection, use and development of software.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 7: Quality Assurance For Service Deployment (MS Word format)

This 72 page handbook provides advice on the deployment of project deliverables into a service environment.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 8: Legal Issues (MS Word format)

This 22 page handbook provides general advice including advice on legal issues.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Part 9: General Quality Assurance (MS Word format)

This 18 page handbook provides advice on general issues.

Note that a 288 page hgandbook, containing all of the briefing papers, case studies, articles and papers is also available in MS Word and PDF formats.