Quality Assurance, Quality Control & Testing the Basics of Software Quality Management
When you buy a pear, you can instantly evaluate its quality: the size and shape, ripeness, the absence of visible bruising. But only as you take the first bite, will you be able to see if the pear is really that good. Even an extremely good-looking pear might taste sour or have a worm in it.
The same applies to almost any
product, be it a physical object or a piece of software. A website you find on
the Internet might seem fine at first, but as you scroll down, go to another
page, or try to send a contact request, it can start showing some design flaws
and errors.
This makes quality control so
important in every field, where an end-user product is created. Yet, a sour pear
won’t cause as much damage as a self-driving car with poor quality autopilot
software. A single error in an EHR system might put a patient’s life at risk,
while an eCommerce website that has performance issues might cost the owner
millions of dollars in revenue.
That is why we at put a premium on
the quality of software we build for our clients. In this paper, we will share
our insights on the quality assurance and testing process, our best practices
and preferred strategies.