QA Outsourcing- The Most Viable Option

Software quality assurance, often abbreviated as SQA, is the process of identifying and removing the bugs from any newly developed or recently modified software. If you are in the business of developing custom software or a software developer working for any company, then it is compulsory for you to check these bugs out before you can release the software. To achieve the desired quality, it is mandatory to have a dedicated quality assurance team at your disposal. But as these resources cannot be used during the whole development cycle, it often becomes an unwanted overhead expense. There are, on the other hand, certain times when we need a lot of quality testers to work. Hiring and keeping a large team is certainly not economically viable. 

That is exactly when the concept of QA service outsourcing comes into play.

To some extent, to expect a developer to be his own QA assistant is not illogical. This trait can be instilled in the developers. But when the product is finished, there will, of course, be some flaws. As we are not good in finding own faults, a developer, with all his training and sincerity, will be pretty ineffective in finding those bugs.

Outsourcing can be done in two ways. The whole process can be outsourced or certain parts of the process can be outsourced. Whatever choice you make, this practice is becoming popular among the IT companies. Not only the companies make significant improvement in cost cutting, but also the time needed to test a product comes drastically down. The QA service providers are catering to every need of the IT industry, from manual testing to automated testing, tools expertise and process implementation. 

However, as there are many agencies out there, some are obviously better than the others. This is why evaluating the existent QA outsourcing company before trusting one of those becomes imperative. Verifying their credentials and expertise level is the very first step in this direction. Also verify the track record and the testing tools they use. If the agency has an internal training program to train the manual testers about the modern tools for testing, it is certainly a better option compared to its competitors.

Any good quality assurance company will offer both width and depth in testing. This company will offer manual testing along with testing using the tools like Load runner, QTP and Quality Center. The services rendered should also be across industries.