Defect dection strategies and implications: A researcher's perspective

In the present day, every operation of any organization are highly affected by Information Technology. Rapid innovations in technology influence companies to produce high quality software and to maintain the state of the art of the software in order to remain competitive in the industry. Customers rely on the functionality and accuracy of the software. This has placed a greater responsibility on IT companies. Release of poor quality software has long term negative effect where recovery may be difficult. Hence, it is important for IT companies to deliver high quality software that is reliable, delivered on time, lies within budget and provides an assurance that the software performs according to the specifications before being delivered to the customer. In order to fulfill the above challenge IT companies follow various strategies. This paper therefore gives a brief summary of the strategies followed by IT industry to deliver high quality software.