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Different types of quality testing

Different types of quality testing

From the course: Software Testing Foundations: Building a Career in Quality

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Different types of quality testing

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- [Narrator] Quality testing isn't simply one group inside of a company looking for bugs. Depending on the size of the organization, it can have many different roles and faces inside a company. No two products are alike, and no two companies perform their testing exactly the same. This is exciting because there are lots of places to find a match for your interest and skills. First, almost all organizations have a quality assurance team. This is the group that performs various kinds of tests to ensure that the product meets the criteria it was designed to perform. This group spends their time looking at the components of the product, examining each for potential issues, and ensuring things work within the systems they're designed to operate. Manual testing in a quality team is where many people get their start. However, if you have some coding skills, you could move into test automation. If you have a specific area of expertise, quality organizations often put your skills into areas…

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