A customizable agile software Quality Assurance model

Quality Assurance (QA) is an integral part of the software development process. Many models have been developed to help software development teams to build high quality software. However, most of the models are targeted to big teams with sophisticated managements and plenty of resources. It could be difficult for small and agile teams to implement these models. We are proposing a new Agile Quality Assurance Model (AQAM), which is flexible to incorporate new changes in the software industry and provides detailed guidelines and templates for real world implementation and customization. It is mainly for small and medium sized agile software development teams to analyze and improve their QA capabilities. AQAM has 20 Key Process Areas (KPAs) and each KPA includes guidelines, benefits, processes, best practices, templates, customization, and maturity levels.