QA’s Role in DevOps Adoption
At first glance, QA teams may not appear to have much of a role to play in DevOps adoption. After all, DevOps (at least in the narrow, traditional ..
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Quality Assurance (QA) Testing is quality assurance or a quality testing process that ensures that an organization delivers the best products or services possible. QA aims to deliver consistent results through a set of standardized procedures, which means that organizations also need to make sure that their processes for achieving the desired results hit specific quality benchmarks.
In brief, you might say that QA includes all activities that center around implementing standards and procedures associated with ensuring that software meets a certain set of requirements before it’s released to the public. The key thing to keep in mind is that QA doesn’t involve the actual testing of products. Instead, it focuses on the procedures to ensure the best outcome. QA activities are ultimately process oriented.
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