I know you would have been enthralled by the article’s title, and probably be looking for a SaaS service for Software Quality! If things were that easy, it would have been solved decades back, and no, I am not talking about that when I say “As A Service – Software Quality”!
Software Quality is engrained into the software development life cycle process. There are various facets or pillars that need be taken care of while addressing Software Quality, which I wrote about sometime back. Personally I don’t believe that software quality depends heavily on the development process like Agile or otherwise. While the delivery quickness could be addressed with the way development is done and the product is delivered in chunks through continuous integration, delivery, and deployment, the key ingredients of how to ensure software quality remains the same, irrespective of the process.
While the scope remains obvious, each of these pillars are pretty involved, and need deep expertise and knowledge to delve into how quality can be delivered. While some focus more on the process and DevOps, it is not as simple as that. For example, take software security. It takes years of experience and hands-on chasing down the vulnerabilities, vulnerability assessment, vulnerability management, and how to prevent vulnerabilities upfront through secure-by-design in the product development life cycle. Here is where the expertise of someone who is tracking the proceedings is helpful. You can reach out to me to have a chat.
The essence of ensuring that an attempt to provide best quality to the esteemed clients is done, the core values are the same as what a software testing professional always follows. It is just that these values are followed right from the requirements, to production, to make sure that software quality process is continuous, and not restricted to one stage or phase of the development life cycle.
What’s next? How is your organisation planning to tackle the software quality conundrum? If you would like a detailed analysis, you can start off with a chat with me, and let’s see how to take it forward. Glad to help!