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The True Cost of Neglecting Quality Assurance: Lessons from Recent Tech Failures

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The Importance of Quality Assurance in Software Development The pressure to deliver software quickly and cost-effectively is among the highest priorities of business leaders. However, recent high-profile tech failures serve as stark reminders of the critical importance of robust Quality Assurance (QA) practices.

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Continuous Testing: The Key to Quality Assurance in the DevOps Era

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Continuous testing has emerged as a critical aspect of quality assurance in the DevOps era. The traditional approaches to quality assurance are no […] The post Continuous Testing: The Key to Quality Assurance in the DevOps Era appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Quality Assurance, Errors, and AI

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Generative AI will be used to create more and more software; AI makes mistakes and it’s difficult to foresee a future in which it doesn’t; therefore, if we want software that works, Quality Assurance teams will rise in importance.

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History of Quality Assurance

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How Can We Stop Under Utilizing a Key User Experience Champion?

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

With quality assurance/control already embedded in our development process, what if we expand the role of our developers to champion usability and customer delight? As the CTO, it is your job to determine how to implement these important features.

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Containerization: Better Quality Assurance Through Automation

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Quality assurance” (QA) refers to the procedures for verifying that a software application meets the defined standards, auditing, and evaluation of a product at each stage of development—from requirements gathering all the way through testing and maintenance. Reliability.

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The Critical Role of Quality Assurance in the Evolving Automotive Industry

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With the rise of autonomous driving and electric vehicles, the intricacies of these systems have reached new heights, making quality assurance more critical than ever. Vehicles have evolved far beyond simple machines into complex ecosystems of hardware, software, connectivity, and automation.