'Quality Engineering: Build It Right The First Time' by Allan Woodcock, Shobana Rajamani & Balan Ramaswamy

It's no secret, that Quality Assurance (QA) plays a very vital role in assuring customer experience. Then, why wait till the end of the development phase to validate the business requirements? Also, the cost of defect multiplies in the later stages of the development lifecycle. Quality Engineering (QE) is an innovative approach which focusses on upstream assurance of software through early involvement of QA in the lifecycle. Techniques like architecture validation, design validation, quality profiling and static testing are defining the QE landscape. Industry leading tools and point solutions also enable effective and efficient QE approach for quality assurance teams. As the IT focus moves to engineering quality with a lower Cost of Quality (CoQ), QE will play a vital role in achieving the end business objectives. Key Takeaways - Business drivers requiring the paradigm shift of Building it Right the First Time - Tools, techniques and methodologies for embracing Quality Engineering - Predictive test design through analytics powered Quality Intelligence - Importance of QE in the sphere of Agile, Continuous Integration and DevOps environmentRead less