This document discusses quality assurance (QA) in software development. It defines QA as the quality checking process to test products or services before delivery. The QA team plays several important roles, including creating testing strategies, executing tests, writing automated test code, and providing quality oversight throughout the development process. Having a dedicated QA team benefits projects by finding defects earlier, improving customer satisfaction, and helping deliver higher quality software on time.

1. Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance in short QA is the quality checking
process in which product or services are tested before
delivering to the clients or final customer. It is help the
software development team to assure about quality during
the process of software development.

2. Process of QA
Requirement defining
Software design
Coding
Source coding control
Code review
Software configuration management
Testing
Release management
Product integration

3. Importance of QA Team
QA Lead plays the role as a partner with the project
manager to review the client's requirement documents and
determine the testing strategy for the project.
QA Analyst plays the role to contribute the team with
exploratory testing skills.
QA Engineer role plays by the developer itself instead of
any other engineer.

4. Work of QA Lead
Making strategy in starting of project for all QA activities
Creates the testing strategy initial stage for the project
Creates and maintains the conditions necessary for testing
Take lead in all project team members on testing
Performs testing tasks as needed
Provides estimates for work

5. Work of QA Analyst
Executes exploratory tests on user stories
Communicates risk
Gives relapse situations for automation
Guide to non-QA project team members on testing

6. Work of QA developer
Writes code for automated testing
Schedules and monitors test runs
Acts on failures
Performs performance tests and provides reports
Solves testing problems with code as needed
Mentors team members on testing and checking

7. Benefits of QA Team
Customer satisfaction with the lower rate of defect and
higher quality
Timely checking and testing of the project which prevent
the delay
Proper steps and process gives the better result
Understanding and motivation of the employees towards
quality product or services

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