Quality Assurance

What is Quality assurance (QA)? Know the difference between Quality Assurance vs Quality Control, QA processes, QA training and job description.

What Is Cost Of Quality (COQ): Cost Of Good And Poor Quality

COQ – Cost of Quality

This tutorial explains in detail what COQ is; costs of good and poor quality, cost of quality formula, examples, as well as ways to improve quality to optimize COQ:

Demands of the competitive global economy have placed a strong emphasis on quality across the IT industry.

In recent years, IT has been supporting the business in many ways and so its activities are being scrutinized by business executives in terms of added value i.e. larger profit margins, lower operational costs, faster software product delivery, etc.

The cost of quality in software development is a metric that could aid in turning software into a profitable tool for companies. Companies are looking at ROI i.e., the return to the organization from investment in software development.

Quality is gained at a price and the cost is called COQ or Cost of Quality.

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5 Deadly Mistakes in Requirements Management and How to Overcome Them

Deadly Mistakes in Requirements Management !! (3)

This article looks at the different ways to tackle the 5 Deadly Mistakes in Requirements Management (with Examples)

Every major standard, certification, and regulatory organization mentions the need and importance of well-defined requirements in the product development process.

Indeed, there are a number of sources that are devoted to requirements and best practices.

However, years of experience have shown that companies still struggle not only with writing but also with managing requirements and integrating them into their product development process.

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8 Key Performance Indicators for Quality Releases (Panaya Test Dynamix Review)

Performance Indicators for Quality Releases

This article explains 8 Key Performance Indicators for Quality Releases with the help of Panaya Test Dynamix end-to-end test solution:

It’s no secret that the Software Quality Managers are facing an increasing pressure to deliver high-quality software at a record-breaking speed. The question that all of us often ask is – “how do we measure our success” in terms of software quality? 

Speed-to-market is a much simpler calculation, but measuring our performance in delivering high-quality software depends on a multitude of factors such as the project methodology (waterfall, hybrid, agile), the complexity of the software, the level of technical debt involved, the number of interfaces, and much more.

In a nutshell, the number of variables that plays into an acceptable level of high severity defects should not be underestimated. Hence, in order to survive in this marketplace, we must evolve continuously, both in our opinions and our measuring sticks.

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What Are IQ OQ PQ: The 3 Q’s Of Software Validation Process

Software Validation Process

Introduction to 3Qs of Software IQ-OQ-PQ: 

IQ, OQ, and PQ constitute the 3Q’s of the Software Validation Process.

As testers, we all know that the Software Development Team develops the software in-house as per the Software Requirements Specification (SRS) and Functional Specification, and later the Testing Team verifies the implementation at different levels of testing in various testing environments, from the simplest to the high end, which thereby replicates the production environment.

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Wireframe Testing Tutorial: Learn How to Test Wireframes

wireframe prototype testing

In this tutorial, we explain the concept of wireframe testing in detail for the benefit of our readers. Let’s get started. 

New trainees came on board and we had a training class to learn software testing concepts. After seeing those enthusiastic faces with their almost blank-slate minds (professionally), I decided to take a detour to my routine training.

After a brief introduction, instead of talking about software testing like I normally do, I threw a question at the fresh minds – ‘Can anyone explain what a wireframe is? ’

The answer was a pause and thus, we decided to discuss it. And that’s how it started – Wireframe/Prototype Testing 🙂

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CMMI Appraisals – Tester’s Journey as an Appraisal Team Member (ATM)

CMMI Appraisals

This article focuses on the experiences and challenges faced by testers who participate as Appraisal Team Members (ATMs) in CMMI appraisals.

Personal Note: It’s a great opportunity for any QA/Tester to be a CMMI Appraisal Team Member (ATM). ATM gets extensive exposure to a complete CMMI model. If your organization is undergoing appraisal, take advantage of the opportunity to be an ATM. This is an achievement that would enhance your resume.

To Readers: Appraisal is a complex and time-consuming process. However, I have tried to describe it as simple as possible. This article will give you a brief idea about CMMI Appraisal.

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