Last week in our organization, we triggered a topic related to different ways of improving the quality of software (both technical as well as functional related topics). Since i am a technical person, i suggested following ideas,

• Use case based detailed design document – Both technical as well as functional specification should be well organized according to use case requirement.
• Design patterns – Will help developers to adopt common approach irrespective of technologies.
• Analyze and implement new technologies – Helps to improve the performance as well as the security of the application.

As I am not a well experienced technical candidate , i am unable to provide other solutions. If any suggestions or topics related to this (including testing, functional requirement), please post your valuable comments.