Many companies in various industries are turning to the Cloud Computing model to validate their Quality Management Systems. This shift brings with it many changes to the traditional on-premises approach. Let’s look at what has changed in the cloud…and what hasn’t.
A key element in any software validation process is the Installation Qualification (IQ). This is essentially a checklist to ensure all elements needed to effectively run the software are in place. Questions to be answered include whether the software was loaded correctly and whether there is enough memory. The Cloud model’s architecture introduces new elements that companies must be aware of, as these pertain to the validation process.
Regulatory expectations for cloud providers
The traditional and the Cloud architecture share the same basic structure. It consists of:
- A development environment, where applications are created
- A test environment, where the recently developed software is tested exhaustively to make sure it