Let's pretend that Xesoft has hired you to work as a software quality engineer. You have delegated quality control monitoring to the "Missile tracking system" project. We have only begun the brainstorming phase of the project. Specify the procedures and processes you'll implement from the project's outset to its close in order to guarantee its excellence.

Let's pretend that Xesoft has hired you to work as a software quality engineer. You have delegated quality control monitoring to the "Missile tracking system" project. We have only begun the brainstorming phase of the project. Specify the procedures and processes you'll implement from the project's outset to its close in order to guarantee its excellence.

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