[Term of the Day]:Quality Assurance

Term of the Day

“Quality Assurance”

Definition — What is QA?

Quality Assurance (QA) is a systematic way of creating an environment to ensure that the software product being developed meets the quality requirements. The QA primarily focuses on improving the processes to deliver quality products to the customers. An organization has to ensure, that processes are efficient and effective as per the quality standards defined for software products. The standards and procedures of the QA program help prevent product defects before they arise.

In IT sectors Quality Assurance is popularly known as QA Testing. Organizations often designate separate QA departments, which increases customer confidence and credibility and improves efficiency and overall work processes.

Importance of QA

QA maintains a standard of requirements and procedures, the planned set of actions taken by the QA guarantees the success of the product.
The standard process of QA like monitoring, testing, and evaluating, helps to maintain quality standards by preventing problems at the beginning stage.
QA helps the organization to meet its customer demands and expectations, which in turn builds a quality trust relationship with customers.