By Mark Gunn
The relationship between the Development team and the Quality Assurance team is extremely important to the development project. Having a good working relationship between these two groups can make the difference between the success or failure of a project meeting its’ deadlines. One of the most important channels of communications for these two groups is the Release Notes process.
Release notes identify the module information or the functionality of what will be contained in the application version being released to the QA group for testing. Although the overall release or build has been outlined in the project plan so that QA can develop their test cases and prepare for testing ahead of time, the release notes confirm that in fact the module and planned functionality is actually being released. Many things can cause a delay in the release of a module but for the most part QA has a good idea of what major functions/modules will be released. What the release notes confirm is to what extent the modules have been developed for the release. Release notes conversely also identify what functionality was left out and why it was not delivered.
The release notes also identify the defects corrected and released in this build. This is a major part of the work flow that surrounds the defect tracking system. The release notes detail which defects have been corrected and can be tested to ensure that they have been corrected. The QA manager will assign the corrected defects to QA Analysts for retesting. The defects will then be closed or sent back to development for further corrective action.
Without good release notes the QA team has no idea what to test in each build and it is a waste of time and resources to test modules that have not changed. Proper release notes allows QA to focus their attention on areas of the application that have changed and defects that have been corrected.
Mark Gunn has 25 years experience in the Quality Assurance and FDA validation fields. If you have any questions about these topics, please email Mark at Mark@mgdservices.com
The relationship between the Development team and the Quality Assurance team is extremely important to the development project. Having a good working relationship between these two groups can make the difference between the success or failure of a project meeting its’ deadlines. One of the most important channels of communications for these two groups is the Release Notes process.
Release notes identify the module information or the functionality of what will be contained in the application version being released to the QA group for testing. Although the overall release or build has been outlined in the project plan so that QA can develop their test cases and prepare for testing ahead of time, the release notes confirm that in fact the module and planned functionality is actually being released. Many things can cause a delay in the release of a module but for the most part QA has a good idea of what major functions/modules will be released. What the release notes confirm is to what extent the modules have been developed for the release. Release notes conversely also identify what functionality was left out and why it was not delivered.
The release notes also identify the defects corrected and released in this build. This is a major part of the work flow that surrounds the defect tracking system. The release notes detail which defects have been corrected and can be tested to ensure that they have been corrected. The QA manager will assign the corrected defects to QA Analysts for retesting. The defects will then be closed or sent back to development for further corrective action.
Without good release notes the QA team has no idea what to test in each build and it is a waste of time and resources to test modules that have not changed. Proper release notes allows QA to focus their attention on areas of the application that have changed and defects that have been corrected.
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