What Does a QA Need to Prepare to Contribute to Application Development?
QA Engineer
Wildan Zulmaniar · Sep 5, 2024

What Does a QA Need to Prepare to Contribute to Application Development?

To contribute to application development, a Quality Assurance (QA) must prepare several important things so that the testing process runs effectively and efficiently. Here are some preparations that need to be made:

1. Deep Understanding of the Project

  • Project Documentation: Read and understand project documentation, including technical and functional specifications, user requirements, and application objectives.
  • Domain Knowledge: Understand the industry or application domain, for example, if the application is a banking application, QA must understand banking processes and regulations.

2. Technical Skills

  • Test Tool Mastery: Master the manual and automated testing tools that will be used in the project, such as Selenium, JIRA, TestRail, or Postman.
  • Understanding of Programming Languages: Know the basics of programming languages ​​used in application development to understand code and create automated test scripts.
  • API Testing: Able to perform API testing to ensure that the application interface works correctly.

3. Test Planning

  • Create a Test Plan: Create a test plan that covers all aspects of the application, such as functional, non-functional, regression and load testing.
  • Test Case Creation: Compile and document detailed test cases covering various application usage scenarios.

4. Testing Environment

  • Setting Up a Test Environment: Build and configure a test environment similar to the production environment.
  • Test Data: Prepare realistic and safe test data to use during the testing process.

5. Collaboration with the Team

  • Communication: Communicate effectively with the development team, project managers, and other stakeholders to identify needs and issues.
  • Code Review: Participate in code reviews to identify potential bugs or issues before the testing phase.

6. Knowledge of Development Methodology

  • Agile/Scrum: Understand the development methodology used, such as Agile or Scrum, and how QA can be integrated into the sprint cycle.
  • CI/CD: Understand the concept of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and how automated testing can be integrated in the CI/CD pipeline.

7. Documentation and Reporting

  • Test Results Documentation: Document test results in detail, including bugs found, reproduction steps, and severity.
  • Reporting: Report test results to the team and project manager regularly and clearly.

By preparing these things, a QA can ensure that they are ready to contribute effectively to application development, assist in the identification and fixing of bugs, and ensure that the application being developed is of high quality and meets user needs.

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