Quality Assurance specialists have several methods and established processes at their disposal. As an example, five of the most widely used techniques in the context of software development are briefly described below.<\/p>\n

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1. Standardization<\/b>. This technique is used to determine whether the product, feature, or process satisfies the applied standard. In this context, the standard in question is usually ISO 9001.<\/li>\n
2. Code review<\/b>. This activity represents the \u201cclassic testing\u201d aimed at finding bugs in the code and is most commonly associated with QA. This is one of the crucial steps to prevent flaws from becoming bigger problems at subsequent stages of the software development life cycle.<\/li>\n
3. Simulation<\/b>. This technique allows developers to observe how the simulated program would behave under normal working conditions. This is done when the software build is not ready physically, so a virtual model is created.<\/li>\n
4. Functional testing<\/b>. Specialists use this technique to see what the current build of the software can do in the context of its intended functions.<\/li>\n
5. Stress testing<\/b>. As the name implies, stress testing is intended to show how the software can handle situations that exceed normal working parameters. For example, one of the most common scenarios is the performance of an app when too many users are trying to access it at the same time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   It should be noted that this list is merely illustrative and not exhaustive. Many other techniques can be used for QA purposes, including auditing, static testing, design analysis, etc.<\/p>\n

   PDCA Cycle in Software Development<\/h3>\n

   One of the quality assurance methods in software development is the PDCA cycle. It is used as a repetitive process of making changes for the improvement and optimization of features and products. The cycle consists of four steps that are repeated until all flaws are corrected. The names of the steps make up the abbreviation \u201cPDCA\u201d:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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