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Are you looking for a career in the computer industry? Perhaps you are just wondering what Software QA Testing means? Products often tell you they have been QA tested, but if you do not know what that means, it can be an issue. QA stands for quality assurance, which means software QA testing is quality assurance testing on software products.

In software quality testing, the operation of a system or application is tested under certain conditions where the results will be evaluated at the end of the test. For instance, a user of the software is using Windows OS, while using a specific hardware. They then perform a task in which that task should lead to a specific occurrence. Start up would be a good example here. You hit the on button on your desktop, the operating system is then told to load, you come upon your password, type it in, and the rest of the system loads.

However, with software QA testing there may be a problem. For some reason if you accidentally hit a button on your keyboard during the loading process then your password will not load and a restart is necessary. The software QA testing will find this problem, allow it to be corrected and test the situation again.

Software QA testing will vary from organization to organization. Some companies will put out beta formats of their software for the public to download. Any bugs found will then be reported by the user. Other companies will have project teams with a software programmer, developer, and tester. Each person works on their part of the project, and the tester spots any issues that should be fixed before it is sent out for public purchase or use.

Once the software has passed software QA testing, it is given a stamp of approval. There are often usability rules that come along with a product drawn up by the software QA testing company, basically a disclaimer such as "if you use this product...you will void the warranty" as the program is not meant for such use. This keeps the company from being caught in a lawsuit from improper use.