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What is the difference between QA and testing?

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Submitted by: lakshmi

The goal of QA is prevention while the goal of testing is detection(detect the bugs)

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April 30, 2005 23:34:58

lakshmi

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

The goal of QA is prevention while the goal of testing is detection(detect the bugs)

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May 25, 2005 16:49:46

lavanya

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

Testing is about the quality of the product.
QA is the quality of the testing process..

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May 26, 2005 02:25:39

kiran

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

QA is more a preventive thing ensuring quality in the company and therefore the product rather than just testing the product for software bugs?

TESTING means quality control
QUALITY CONTROL measures the quality of a product
QUALITY ASSURANCE measures the quality of processes used to create a
quality product.

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May 26, 2005 12:57:46

Prabha

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

Testing is finding bugs.
QA is to ensure that the product is bug free.

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June 26, 2005 05:32:29

Vidyaratna B. Biradar

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

Testing is the process of trying to discover every conceivable fault orweakness in a wrok product .
Quality assurance measure the process identify the deficiencies & suggest imorivements . The direct results of these activities are changes to the process.

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July 04, 2005 06:36:10

raghavendra a.r.

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

what is the main difference between CMM and SIXSIGMA?

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July 05, 2005 22:21:28

choudary

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURING
Quality Assurance is a preventive activity. it concentrate on the whole development process to prevent the bugs.

testing is curing activity. here our main intention is measuring the quality of the product by analysing the program with the end user perception.

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July 06, 2005 05:22:10

renu

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

The difference is :
Testing : To find the bugs
QA : To Detect the bugs

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July 22, 2005 02:19:30

Sandeep B

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

The processes releated to QA are work process oriented whereas the processes releated to Testing are product oriented.

Testing mainly focusses on detection of bugs
QA gives more emphasis on prevention of bugs.

The output of Testing is often the input to QA.

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July 27, 2005 23:16:48

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kripa

RE: What is the difference between QA and testing?

QA: means focusing on dection of bugs and producing the quality product

QC: means prevention of quality process

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