Quality at Speed: Modern Quality Engineering in Agile Environments

The quality and testing practices that are adopted within the software development lifecycle can have a significant impact on the quality of delivered products. Both agile and traditional lifecycles often fall short of delivering high quality products for various reasons, including engaging testers too late, neglecting non-functional requirements, and failing to invest early in quality assurance and testing. The sheer way the lifecycle is structured – placing testing after development – can contribute significantly to these issues.

In this interactive workshop, we will explore common drivers of product quality issues in both agile and traditional lifecycles. We introduce QModel as a quality engineering lifecycle model that is designed to overcome these challenges. QModel emphasises a collaborative whole-team approach to continuous quality that embeds quality and testing practices into every lifecycle stage (rather than testing being a separate stage). The aim is to “get it right first time” by building quality into each product, and evaluating quality earlier and more frequently, to avoid technical debt, reduce costly rework and accelerate the delivery of higher quality products.

The session will feature interactive delivery optimisation exercises that will assist attendees with identifying ways to enhance testing and quality practices within their own lifecycles, providing practical takeaways to bring back to your organisations.