Quality assurance Questions


Steps to an improved data quality assurance plan?
David Loshin has outlined his five steps to an improved data quality assurance plan.  Do his five steps cover everything needed?  What would be your five (or more) steps?

Answer Question   |  May 17, 2013  1:19 PM
Data quality, improve, Quality assurance
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2,600 pts.

IKM assessment
Can anybody help me with IKM Quality Assurance sample questions please

Answer Question   |  January 29, 2013  11:16 PM
IKM, Quality assurance, Quality assurance testing
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5 pts.

Post Implementation Hours for QA purposes
Is there a set industry standard that indicates the hours for Post Implementation Review?  For example, should it be 25% of your total QA hours?  I know the actual number of hours will depend on size and complexity of the project.  

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:32 PM
QA, QA manager, Quality assurance
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5 pts.

The testing team is blamed while raising defects when the release is near
Hi, We are in the last stage of our testing cycle and we are raising defects. However the developers are blaming us that why didn’t we find them earlier and why now when the release is near?? I told the, I can’t run the regression blindly and some part of the testing is devoted to [...]

Answer Question   |  June 27, 2011  4:27 AM
Developers, Quality assurance, Software development, Software testing
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5 pts.

Unit Testing in QC
Has anyone set up a workflow for Unit Testing in QC and what are the things to watch out for? I’m concious that our current Defect workflow will not suit Unit testing and wondered how other organisations manage it.

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2011  10:14 PM
QA, Quality assurance, Quality assurance testing, Quality Center, Quality control
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5 pts.

Control-M quality assurance in IBM mainframe
I’m looking for guidance on quality assurance plan guidelines for Control-M in IBM mainframe.

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  5:14 PM
CONTROL-M, IBM, IBM Mainframe, Quality assurance
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5 pts.

How do you deal with crunch time during testing?
How do you deal with crunch time during testing?

Answer Question   |  March 14, 2011  12:14 AM
Quality assurance, Software testing, Software testing methodologies, Testing
2,500 pts.

TFS Test management
Have you used TFS Test management tool or attended any seminar or training for it? Is your organization planning to move to TFS?

Answer Question   |  October 27, 2010  7:15 PM
Functional testing, Quality assurance, TFS, TFS 2010
2,500 pts.

Do you use quality center or test director?
Do you use quality center or test director?

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2010  6:33 PM
HP Quality Center, QA, Quality assurance, Quality Center, Test Director
2,500 pts.

Risks of releasing newly developed code to UAT without QA
What are the risks to releasing new developed code to UAT environment for UAT without running it in QA first?  

Answer Question   |  October 15, 2010  8:35 AM
Data warehouse, Data Warehouse Testing, QA, Quality assurance, Quality assurance managers, Testing software, UAT
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5 pts.

Software testers, Quality Assurance and Quality Control Folks where are you?
I dont see a lot of activity in the testing section. Where are the software testing, QC and QA folks? Lets bring some activity in this area. Please do post here if you are in Software Testing.

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2010  3:50 PM
Open IT Forum, Quality assurance, Quality control, Software testing
2,500 pts.

Measuring successes in Quality Assurance department
[strong]How to measures successes in Quality Assurance department in software company?[/strong]

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2010  2:06 PM
QA, QA testing, Quality assurance, Quality assurance managers, Quality assurance success measures, Software testing
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5 pts.

Portable Appliance testing
what is the maximum earth leakage in mA that is allowed for class 1  I.T. equipment before its classed as a fail?

Answer Question   |  August 6, 2010  12:27 PM
Quality assurance, Software testing
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5 pts.

what is the risk behind if same person is being performed QA and UAT of same module?
what is the risk behind if same person is being performed QA and UAT of same module?

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2010  6:05 AM
QA, Quality assurance, UAT, User acceptance testing
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NJ
10 pts.

Purpose of traceabilty links (Quality Center)
What is the purpose adding traceabilty links between requirements?

Answer Question   |  March 4, 2010  7:50 AM
QA testing, Quality assurance, Quality Center, Traceability Links
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5 pts.

Time-driven test
We have a testing assignment that is time-driven. Do you think automated tests are the best solution?

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2010  4:22 AM
Quality assurance, Testing
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5 pts.

Software Quality Assurance Tools of the trade
I have recently started out in a QA position for a group that develops all sorts of web software / portals.  I’m not looking for anything to do automated testing, but more something to aid us with our testing plans – organizing them, and hopefully making it easier to test. Any thoughts?   I’ve done the [...]

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2011  4:18 PM
Quality assurance, Software Quality Assurance, Tools & Tricks of the Trade
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16,755 pts.

No Question Asked on SQA for last 10 months
It is more than 10 months any question posted here on Software Quality Assurance. I could interpret few points below: 1. This is not the active forum for QA intensive Professionals. 2. People are not ‘quality‘ consceious. 3. People are quality experts and seek no opinions. 4. Quality is still not the cup of the [...]

Answer Question   |  October 11, 2010  5:42 AM
ITKE, QA, Quality assurance, Quality Assurance Careers, quality culture, Techtarget
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8,200 pts.

QA training client
What is the best way or process to always have data for transactional training in a QA training client?

Answer Question   |  February 8, 2010  2:27 PM
QA, QA testing, QA Training, Quality assurance, SAP Quality Environment
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5 pts.

How to become a QA locatization tester or what should I learn to get more job offers?
Hi, I recently finished my contract job and now I’m looking for jobs again! I don’t have a lot experience in qa , only have 2.5 years. I only know manual testing. I don’t know any scripting language or automation. My question is : 1. I know portuguese from Brazil , is my native language, [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2010  7:26 PM
career advice, Localization, Localization testing, Quality assurance
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20 pts.