What is quality assurance?

- The role of QA exists to prevent problems in an application so that users don't encounter bugs and crashes. Quality Assurance, referred to simply as QA, is a systematic process used to determine whether a product meets specifications. An individual in this role can have many titles including QA, QA engineer or QA analyst, Software engineer in test, or Tester. Throughout this course, you will hear me use these titles interchangeably. An individual in the QA role constantly questions parts of the software development process to ensure the team is building the right product and building it correctly. A QA's primary goal should be to help their team move quickly with confidence. They establish and maintain standards for how to best test a software product. Having solid software testing practices is a huge asset to any team in order to produce a well functioning application.