What is Software Quality Assurance

In this section, we will be understanding Quality Assurance (QA), accompanying its benefits and procedure.  Therefore, let’s begin.

Quality Assurance refers to a way of preventing mistakes in existing products. Moreover, it avoids problems at the time of delivery of a product or service to customers.

Benefits of Quality Assurance (QA)

Advantages of quality assurance include:

• Firstly, there is less wastage and re-working of faulty products. Consequently, there is a reduction in the cost of the product.
• After that, QA helps you to improve employee’s motivation.
• Moreover, it breaks down ‘us and them’ barriers. In other words, it fills the gap between workers and managers.
• Above all, it helps the firm gain marketing advantages which usually arises from its consistency level of quality.
  

  Methods of Quality Assurance

  Lastly, from a formal standpoint the process of QA can be broken down into four key elements:

  • Determining the cause of the problem;
  • Analyzing the amount of effort and engagement needed to fix the problem;
  • Defining the most effective way of fixing it;
  • Considering possible backfires upon making changes;

 

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