Testing & QA

In order to make sure that the released software is safe and functions as expected and required, the concept of software testing and quality was introduced. It is more often defined as the degree of congruence to explicit or implicit requirements and expectations.

The structural quality of any of the software is generally hard to manage. It is mostly depends on the expertise of the engineering and development team and can be assured through code review, analysis, and rearranging. At the same time, the functional aspect of the software can be assured through a set of dedicated quality management activities, that includes quality assurance, quality control, and testing.

Despite having a common goal of delivering a product of the best possible quality, the three terms ( quality assurance, quality control, and testing ) refer to slightly different aspects of software quality management.

● Quality Assurance is meant to focus more on organizational aspects of quality management, monitoring the consistency of the production process.

● Quality Control is meant to verify the product’s compliance with the functional requirements. In simple language, it’s more like pulling a random product from an assembly line to see if that product complies with the technical specifications or not.

● Testing is the part of the process where detection and solution of technical issues in the software source code takes place and also assessing the overall product usability, performance, security, and compatibility is done.