Software Quality Assurance

After a software developer finished working on a software product, the testing phase begins. A quality assurance specialist is responsible for analyzing the software, testing its usability, finding its loopholes if any and preventing defects if detects.

The basic responsibility of software testers is to test, document and maintain software and identify the number of bugs, time and effort needed to eliminate the detected problems. They ensure that no software will be handed over the clients without passing a rigorous testing procedure. In short, testing or quality assurance is done to improve the usability of software.

In software quality assurance, different kinds of job stream exist:

• Quality Assurance Specialist
• Quality Manager
• Quality Analyst
• System Test
• Total Quality Control
• Technical Analyst

Majority of assurance personnel are hired for software and hardware development identities. Sometimes, in-house testing positions are created in MNCs working in finance, manufacturers, hospitals and such others.