Overview

Software Quality Assurance Testing, popularly known as QA Testing is an important process in today’s highly complex software development scenario. In fact, QA involves the entire software development cycle - monitoring and improving the process, making sure that the standards and procedures are followed, and ensuring that problems are detected and dealt with. It is oriented to ‘prevention’ rather than fixing problems.

Testing involves operation of a system or application under controlled conditions and evaluating the results. The controlled conditions should include both normal and abnormal conditions. Testing should intentionally attempt to make things go wrong to determine if things happen when they shouldn't or things don't happen when they should. It is oriented to 'detection'. Organizations vary considerably in how they assign responsibilities for QA department. Sometimes they're the combined responsibility of one group or individual. Also common are project teams that include a mix of testers and developers who work closely together, with overall QA processes monitored by project managers. It will depend on what best fits an organization's size and business structure.

Benefits:

With the ever increasing complexities in software development processes, QA Tester’s role is very critical in delivering bug-free and quality products. To test thousands of lines of code in thousands of modules, it has become a necessary for every organization to turn to automated testing. Mercury Interactive, the leader in automated testing, popular tools like Quick Test Pro (QTP), Test Director, WinRunner and LoadRunner etc are being used by most of the organizations in the world. Taking training in these easy-to-learn testing courses, makes individuals take up IT career with less effort.