What Is A Software Test QE And Its 8 Significance

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Appsierra The software development industry has been in the business for a very long time and it has continued to evolve as per the market need. This chain of evolution has also impacted the process of ensuring the quality of software. Quality Assurance is responsible for ensuring that the software developed is meeting all the specifications and requirements and is developed exactly the way it should be.....Learn more Why do we need a test QE? With the adaptation of Agile and DevOps processes, the software testing has been shifted to the left on the software development process and testing is performed on the software along with the development. This reform has helped the teams in identifying the bugs in the earlier stages of development. The earlier a defect will be detected, the sooner it will be fixed and the lesser will the cost of doing so. Because of this, enterprises can increase their release rate. The QA team tests the entire software development completed in a sprint of 2 to 3 weeks. A sprint is a small SDLC followed in the Agile methodology. Now, with the introduction of Continuous Integration/Continuous Development, it has become very necessary to make the QA team a part of the development process from the initial stages of DevOps processes to ensure faster release. Because of these short sprints, the QA team is left with a very less amount of time to plan testing and perform regression testing.....Learn more Roles and responsibilities of Test QE Defining quality plan and strategy QE is responsible for determining ‘what should be done and what should not be?’ based on the objectives and possible risks in the software. Along with that, QE also plans the tests and tools required for performing them, in the assigned budget. Image Source: eInfoChips Code revision QE testing also involves understanding the code and suggesting improvements if any. Based on the analysis and technical debt report plan of action is designed to implement in future development. Functional test It is also the responsibility of the QE to thoroughly test the system for bugs in it. It is expected from a QE to be able to implement various techniques for effective testing of the software, along with the exploratory testing skills. Report incidents Only detecting bugs in the software is not enough, QE should be able to collaborate with the developer’s team to get them fixed. It is possible only if the defects are reported properly. Automation at different levels In the current world, enterprises are relying on automation tools to make the testing process more efficient by reducing the time and efforts invested in various hectic tasks. These tasks can now be performed by automation tools at a faster pace without fatigue. Unit tests are performed on every new module of the software. It is the responsibility of the QE to review the test cases at regular intervals and suggest changes to cover all the risk factors. QE should be able to use automation tools like cucumber or selenium for preparing tests.....Continue reading